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Food bank urges transfer of $330,000 in ARPA funds as SNAP changes threaten benefits
Summary
Northern Illinois Food Bank and United Way told the McHenry County finance committee that SNAP work‑requirement changes could put about 2,276 local households at risk of benefit loss in May and asked to move $330,000 from home‑delivery funding into the county food grant to buy more food before ARPA funds expire in October.
Hester Berry, a development representative for Northern Illinois Food Bank, told the McHenry County Finance & Audit Committee that roughly one in 10 residents — and one in 11 children — in the county are food insecure and that the food bank has been a major distributor in the region.
Berry and Emily Frost, the food bank’s advocacy specialist, described ARPA funds the county awarded that have supported both bulk food purchases and a home‑delivery program. Frost said the food bank has spent $571,000 of the ARPA allocation in McHenry County to acquire nearly 800,000 pounds of food for member agencies and that the home‑delivery component doubled capacity for…
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