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Forest County designates Second Harvest lead agency and approves TEFAP reimbursements
Summary
The county approved the 2025 State Plan designating Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania as Forest County’s lead agency for local food distribution and approved a $143.18 TEFAP reimbursement to Second Harvest; motions carried unanimously.
Commissioner Patrick F. Kline moved to approve the 2025 State Plan naming Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania as the lead agency for Forest County’s food distribution network; Commissioner Robert J. Snyder, Jr. seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The board also approved an Emergency Food & Shelter Account payment of $143.18 to Second Harvest for TEFAP funds received in January, February and March 2025 (recorded July 2, 2025).
The designation formalizes Second Harvest’s role in county food distribution under state plan authority. The minutes do not list the total amount of funding the county will administer through the lead-agency arrangement; Treasury and Human Services staff will track receipts and distributions under established grant and program rules.
