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Regional food distributor asks Carroll County to help fill shortfall as state contract funding shrinks
Summary
A regional food-distribution presenter told Carroll County officials that changes in federal/state funding are creating a 15–20% shortfall in the program contract (about $100,000 regionally) and asked the county to consider helping to fill the local portion to avoid interruptions to local food pantries.
A regional food-distribution representative (identified in the record as a presenter) told Carroll County officials that changes in federal and state funding for USDA surplus-food programs have left a funding gap that could disrupt local food-pantry operations.
The presenter described how United States Department of Agriculture surplus food is routed through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and distributed via programs such as the emergency food assistance program (TFAP) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). She told the court that the state informed her organization to expect roughly a "15 to 20% shortfall" in contracted funding and said that shortfall would translate to about a $100,000 gap for the region.
"The food is still coming, but we still have to pay the cost to keep it and to distribute it," the presenter said, asking county leaders for assistance to fill the Carroll County portion of that shortfall. She said other counties had already committed and requested Carroll County consider joining those commitments to prevent interruptions in service to pantries and clients.
The presenter provided program metrics recorded in the meeting: an average of 116 households per month served in 2024, 119 per month in 2025, and a monthly average of 167 households during the current school year; CSFP monthly recipients were cited as 93 in 2024, rising to an average of 114–119 in 2025. She said the county's share of the gap was discussed in scenarios but the transcript contains unclear phrasing about the exact county-dollar amount.
County officials did not record a formal vote during the excerpt. The presenter said she is pursuing additional strategies for the next fiscal year if state and federal funding details remain uncertain. She emphasized the priority of avoiding any service interruption to local pantries and asked the court to consider a county contribution.
The meeting record includes a reference to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the USDA program names; no specific county appropriation was recorded in the excerpt.
