The Jacksonville City Council on Wednesday will consider two emergency bills to provide immediate financial support to Feeding Northeast Florida.
Congress’ failure to fund the federal government for the last six weeks has left SNAP, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and others without funding. That inaction has left an estimated 160,000 Duval County residents with less access to food than in October.
A bill (2025-0858) introduced by Ju’Coby Pittman, Rahman Johnson and Reggie Gaffney Jr. would provide $2 million to Feeding Northeast Florida. It would be funded with $1 million from the city’s general fund reserves and another $1 million from City Council reserves…