In a collaboration between the RSU 9 food pantry, the Tyngtown Club and Dr. Steven Quackenbush, the pantry will rename their backpack program “Anita’s Hope”, in honor of Quackenbush’s mother.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Local food banks join effort to ‘end’ hunger in Maine by 2030
The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future has convened a committee of 40 permanent members who will work together to implement Maine’s ‘Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030.’
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Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoinham Community School to open food pantry for students
Bowdoinham Food Pantry has teamed up with the elementary school to open a school market after Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program ended its backpack food assistance program.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Changes to food aid in debt bill would cost money, far from savings Republicans envisioned
An estimate from the Congressional Budget Office says that while the new work requirements in SNAP would save money, the added benefits pushed by Democrats would cost more – and add almost 80,000 people to the rolls in an average month.
Posted inMaine
Changes to food stamp work requirements could push some Mainers further into poverty
The debt ceiling agreement would impose work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients ages 50 to 54 who don’t have children at home or a disability.
Posted inMaine
Full Plates Full Potential awarded $10 million to bring local ingredients to school menus
The organization is one of four nationwide to receive a share of the $50 million from the USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Shooting for a better moon
If we divert the $1.8 billion devoted to the cancer ‘moonshot’ into ending hunger, every dollar spent will have a guaranteed positive impact on health immediately – in Maine and across the country.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The phasing out of pandemic SNAP benefits is out of touch
Pre-COVID levels of food assistance are simply no match for a ‘post-COVID’ world.
Posted inMaine, News
As extra pandemic SNAP benefits end, many Mainers fear a struggle to afford groceries
The average recipient in Maine is expected to lose $190 a month in benefits, causing many to worry that rates of hunger will rise.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Winslow food pantry goes mobile, serving hundreds of central Maine households
The Winslow Community Cupboard used an $86,000 grant from Good Shepherd Food Bank to buy two refrigerated trailers, allowing it to take its services on the road to Clinton, Fairfield, Oakland, Skowhegan, Vassalboro and three locations in Waterville.