As Rhode Islanders face hunger due to Washington’s suspension of food assistance, the Rhode Island Foundation is earmarking $1 million in emergency grants to help feed people until the federal funding is unlocked.
The foundation will send $200,000 to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank immediately to help ramp up the food supply to its network of more than 100 food pantries and meal sites, including the East Bay Community Action Program, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Food Pantry, the Salvation Army Newport Corps’ Food Pantry, the Community Baptist Church Meal Site and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul – St. Joseph Food Pantry in Newport.
The remaining $800,000 will be distributed to nonprofits directly through the foundation’s Community Partner Resilience Fund…