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Providers and advocates urge restoration of $500,000 for food assistance programs
Summary
Nonprofit leaders and residents told the finance committee that food‑assistance funding cut from the mayor’s proposed budget should be restored to prevent growing hunger tied to recent SNAP rule changes and rising costs.
At the March 31 public hearing the Coordinated Food Assistance Network (CFAN) and several service providers urged the Board of Alders Finance Committee to restore an annual $500,000 allocation for food assistance that was included in last year’s budget but not the mayor’s FY27 proposal.
Alicia Santilli (co‑chair, CFAN) told aldermen that last year’s combined general‑fund and CDBG…
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