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Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Local food bank worries what ‘big, beautiful bill' could mean for SNAP recipients
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of Western New Yorkers are at risk of getting their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits reduced or taken away entirely if a bill introduced by President Donald Trump's administration passes in the Senate. House Republicans have already passed the piece of legislation, which is titled 'One Big, Beautiful Bill.' The bill would cut federal funding for SNAP by about $267 billion over a 10-year period. For the first time, individual states would be expected to make up that gap. The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) held a briefing Thursday morning, where it announced the total cost for New York State would be over $2 billion. The legislation also comes at a time when food insecurity is rising across the country. Local food banks, like FeedMore Western New York, thinks it could be a struggle to keep up. 'Over the last three years, we've seen a 46 percent increase,' said Collin Bishop, the chief communications officer at FeedMore WNY. 'We're already growing without any changes to SNAP'. Bishop said the number of people who are in need of nutritional assistance in our community continues to grow and that the proposed bill could make it worse. 'If we add to that, we're taking away people's ability to purchase food from the grocery store on their own,' Bishop said. 'That's just going to add more to this charitable organization.' ODTA said in Western New York, over 22,000 people are at risk of having reduced benefits or losing them completely. Republican leaders are working to pass the bill in the Senate. It would then go back to the House of Representatives to approve any changes before it ultimately reaches Trump's desk. Trina Catterson joined the News 4 team in 2024. She previously worked at WETM-TV in Elmira, a sister station of WIVB. See more of her work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FeedMore WNY to lose $3.5M worth of food after federal funding canceled
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — FeedMore WNY is facing a multi-million dollar loss of food after a Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) program, a main federal funding source for FeedMore, was terminated, the organization announced Wednesday. The United States Department of Agriculture said $500 million worth of food purchases for The Emergency Food Assistance Program funded by CCC was 'permanently canceled.' FeedMore WNY said it will lose over $3.5 million worth of food due to the cancelation. The organization said between May and August 2025, 12 pending orders from CCC, which would include chicken, turkey, pork, cheese and eggs, have been canceled. The orders accounted for 13 percent of the total amount of food FeedMore distributed in 2024, according to Catherine Shick, FeedMore WNY's public relations manager. 'This is a significant funding cut for FeedMore Western New York and it's coming at a time when we know there is increased demand for food assistance in our community,' she said. 'We know about 2.1 million pounds of food that we distributed last year came from the funding for food purchases through CCC.' The organization said there was a 46 percent increase since 2021 in the number of people it serves across Western New York, with last year's numbers totaling 165,722. 'FeedMore WNY is deeply disappointed to learn of the cancelation of food purchases funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation,' Collin Bishop, FeedMore WNY's chief communications officer said in a statement. 'These additional funds did not simply help us during the pandemic; they have been essential as we serve an increasing number of people who are food insecure.' Shick said FeedMore's services are not going away and it will continue to provide food and support to the community. Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo. You can view more of her work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
