Food banks and government shutdown; Helene relief reimbursement delays; sustainable Halloween costumes
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Amid government shutdown and growing need, food banks are under strain
As food insecurity increases across the 34 counties that the Central and Eastern North Carolina Food Bank serves, funding is decreasing and federal food insecurity tracking has also ended at the USDA. Jason Kanawati Stephany joins us to discuss the long-term impact of these strains on food bank resources.
Jason Kanawati Stephany, Vice President of Communications & Public Policy of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
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Western North Carolina counties are exhausting their annual budgets, awaiting…
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