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Northampton County staff propose CDBG grants to local food banks after USDA funding cuts
Summary
At an April 3 Economic Development Committee meeting, resident Lamont McClure highlighted federal USDA funding cuts and staff outlined a plan to use CDBG funds to award grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to local school districts, food banks and shelters.
Lamont McClure, a resident, told the Northampton County Economic Development Committee on April 3 that federal cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture programs have left local farmers and food banks at risk and prompted a local relief plan. "The reason I'm here today is one of the most pernicious cuts," McClure said, citing a March USDA announcement that it was cutting more than $1,000,000,000 from programs that paid farmers to provide food to schools and food banks.
County staff proposed using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to distribute targeted grants to school-district programs, food banks and shelters serving high-poverty…
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