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Cuyahoga County hears urgent plea to maintain emergency food funding as demand surges
Summary
United Way, Hunger Network and Greater Cleveland Food Bank told the county committee that pantry visits and new households are rising sharply amid SNAP changes and higher food costs and asked the county to sustain emergency food funding after a proposed reduction.
At a Health and Human Services and Aging Committee meeting, representatives from United Way of Greater Cleveland, the Hunger Network and the Greater Cleveland Food Bank told county council members that demand for emergency food in Cuyahoga County has increased substantially and urged the county to maintain current contract funding levels.
Jennifer (Jen) Kons, vice president of United Way of Greater Cleveland, said the county-funded emergency food contract for 2024–25 is $2,440,000 (plus a one-time $250,000 amendment tied to an August 2024 power outage) and that the contract is on track to be fully expended by Dec. 31, 2025. Kons told the committee the administration has issued a contract for the coming year that is “about $200,000 less per year” than 2024–25 and that the partners “would welcome any opportunity to maintain our ’24, ’25 levels into 26/27.”
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