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Neighbor Impact warns of SNAP disruption; Bend council directs $20,000 one‑time aid
Summary
Molly Heiss, deputy executive director of community services at Neighbor Impact, told the Bend City Council the local food system is strained after a disruption in SNAP benefit flows and a reduction in federal commodities, and the council gave unanimous direction to provide a one‑time $20,000 contribution to Neighbor Impact for emergency food purchases and grocery cards.
Molly Heiss, deputy executive director of community services at Neighbor Impact, told the Bend City Council on Nov. 5 that a disruption in SNAP benefits and a concurrent reduction in federal commodity supplies have left Central Oregon food banks and partner agencies short of food.
“Every meal provided by food banks, SNAP serves nine,” Heiss said, summarizing the scale of the gap and the limits of the food‑bank network to absorb it. She said Neighbor Impact has seen partner‑agency volumes increase sharply and began feeling the loss of federal commodities in May. The agency is raising emergency funds,…
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