NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Food banks are bracing for more funding cuts under the Trump administration.
Many organizations statewide have already implemented changes to the reduction.
Among them is the Mid-South Food Bank, who announced this past spring they are suspending over 40 food pantries, due to funding.
“Some of the mobile pantries that we have, those partners agencies, they can’t afford to pay for the food and we would assist them,” Mid-South Food Bank spokesperson Nicole Willis explained. “So, now that we don’t have the assistance, we really don’t have the extra to provide.”
Food banks mainly rely on products from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee said they will be receiving four million pounds less of food from the USDA beginning in July.
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It’s a reality already impacting Catholic Charities who said they typically gets shipments from Second Harvest.
“That has put a real strain on our local resources, that we either have to make up for those missing food through donations or go without,” Catholic Charities spokesperson Rick Musacchio said.
Some believe things could get worse as congress considers President Trump’s budget, which calls for money to be taken out of SNAP benefits.
Analysts are predicting as much as $300 billion through 2034.
“With talk of broader cuts to safety net programs from the federal level, those kind of factors can only increase the need and demand for food and basic assistant of people who are having to do without,” Musacchio said.
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