The Coastal Bend Food Bank is cutting back on food distribution due to budget cuts and supply shortages, even as more families seek assistance during the summer months.
“We have been distributing over a million pounds of food a month. But the food goes out just as fast as it goes in,” said Bea Hanson, executive director of the Coastal Bend Food Bank.
FOOD BANK SHORTAGE
The food bank will now distribute food only once a month instead of twice, as they face multiple challenges including federal funding cuts and diverted donations.
“When the USDA started cutting funding, we realized we didn’t know what to expect. So there was this feeling of insecurity,” Hanson said…