Several major family resource centers in Boulder County are reporting a significant rise in demand for their food banks, a trend they expect to accelerate as federal food assistance is cut.
Executive directors of the Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA), Sister Carmen Community Center and OUR Center told county commissioners on Oct. 15, during a hearing on whether the commission should consider pausing minimum wage increases, that food insecurity is worsening. Together, they expect to distribute a record 4 million pounds of food this year, not yet counting the impact of new eligibility restrictions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
Those changes, enacted under the Big Beautiful Bill, were implemented this month and will take effect for current recipients over the next six months. They are expected to leave thousands of Boulder County residents without SNAP benefits. The centers estimate that the cuts will increase demand for their food banks by another 20% to 25%…