With demand rising, food banks get help from stimulus - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The funds, which are comintg through the ’s Emergency Food Assistance are available under the American Recovery andReinvestment Act. Gov. Bill Richardsoh made the announcement at Roadrunner Food Bank in which received goods worthabour $26,000. The other organizations receivinyg funds include the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico in the Food Depot inSanta Fe, the in Hobbs, Echo Food Bank in the Community Pantry in Gallup and the Community Actiohn Agency of Southern New Mexiclo Las Cruces Food Bank. The state Human Servicee Department administers the Emergency Food Assistance Program in New It has been partnering with the to provided more food to peoplde more oftenfor years.
Pamelaw Hyde, secretary of Human said the partnership means food banks can make weekly deliveriese acrossthe state, rather than monthly deliveries. About five milliojn pounds of commodities from the Emergency Food Assistanc Program have been used tosupplementy 345,000 food boxes and meals for low-income peoplwe this budget year through the food banks and soup kitchens in the Food banks are seeing increasing demans for emergency food, said Melody executive director of Roadrunnefr Food Bank. “Some of our partner agencies are telling us the increaseed need for food is as high as 50 she said.