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Hunger Assistance Programs to be Cut in New Ohio Budget
Food assistance programs in the state would see large cuts and changes under the Ohio House’s budget plan. Meanwhile, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers are trying to prevent electronic benefit card fraud by equipping them with chip technology.
Cuts to USDA 'buy local' funding hit Ohio farmers, food banks
A federally funded program has been connecting food banks with fresh and local food in Ohio since 2022.
Ohio Community, Agriculture and Nutrition, or Ohio CAN, was expected to assist food banks and pantries through 2027, but those funds are getting cut at the end of June.
"The Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, or LFPA, which we call Ohio CAN here in Ohio; Community, Agriculture, and Nutrition, was funded initially through Build Back Better American Rescue Plan Act dollars. And later on by Commodity Credit Corporation dollars," said Joree Novotny, the executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks.
She said the Ohio CAN program provided millions of pounds of locally grown products to food banks and pantries across the state.
Food banks lose out on food following federally funded shipments cancelled
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Critical shipments of federally funded food have been cancelled, and now the impact is being felt here in the Miami Valley.
Food banks like Second Harvest Food in Springfield and The Foodbank Inc. in Dayton were asked what impact this will have and what they’re doing now to continue serving.