Federal cuts and rising prices are being felt throughout the network.
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Mainers are stretched thin. In Oxford County, many can’t afford enough food.
Every day, thousands of residents face the hardest financial choices, as households struggle to afford basic expenses.
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Franklin County creates $20,000 fund to help residents with food insecurity
Food pantries and other groups in the county can apply for funding to help them in their missions of feeding the hungry.
Posted inMaine, News
The Harrison Food Bank feeds 1,100 Maine families a week. Here’s how they do it.
Demand at the food bank is higher than ever, thanks to changes to SNAP and higher grocery prices, but hundreds of volunteers are determined to feed everyone who needs help.
Posted inMaine, News
Tribal food pantries look to hunters as SNAP cuts hit home across Maine
Tribes are expanding pantry hours, adding workers and using alternative sources to stock their shelves.
Posted inFood, Maine, News, The Bethel Citizen
As federal aid shrinks, Bethel builds on its own safety net
Three Bethel area initiatives are underway to aid families worried about losing federal food assistance benefits and others who are no longer eligible.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
How Mainers are stepping up to help neighbors, food pantries ahead of SNAP funding lapse
Local organizations are trying to bridge the gap for the nearly 170,000 Maine residents who won’t get food stamps in November — and they’re already seeing a swell in much-needed donations and volunteers.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
170,000 Mainers won’t get November SNAP benefits. Blame the shutdown.
About 12.5% of Maine’s residents use the assistance program previously known as food stamps, which is already facing historic cuts included in the Republican budget bill passed over the summer.
Posted inFood, Maine, News
Maine food pantries weathering funding cuts with help from retailers
Food donations from supermarkets, local food businesses and wholesalers make up about half the food that’s distributed at most Maine food pantries.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Thousands of Mainers face loss of SNAP benefits as program undergoes historic cuts
The changes will put more pressure on food pantries, which are already seeing a rise in need and warning that they won’t be able to fill the gap.