Indiana food banks chosen to receive $2M in state funding
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Food insecure Hoosiers throughout the state may see their food banks collect part of a $2 million state investment.
Eleven communal food assistance not-for-profits will receive state support — which officials say they hope provides the necessary resources to allow these organizations to distribute crucial meals to those in need.
“Our member food banks are serving record numbers of Hoosier families as relief programs that help families make ends meet have tapered off or ended,” said Emily Bryant, executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry. “Too many in our communities continue to make difficult choices between paying bills and buying groceries. For any Hoosier to be unsure from where their next meal will come is unacceptable.”
The amount was designated in the Indiana General Assembly’s biennial budget. Grant amounts per community were determined by The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
The state’s investment was double the amount of last year, prompting Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture to call the amount historic.
The 11 food banks are:
- Community Harvest Food Bank, Fort Wayne – $200,000.00
- Dare to Care Food Bank, Louisville-Indiana border area – $72,200.00
- Food Bank of Northern Indiana, South Bend – $233,000.00
- Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, Merrillville – $195,200.00
- Food Finders Food Bank, Inc., Lafayette – $185,000.00
- FreeStore Foodbank, Cincinnati-Indiana border area– $16,600.00
- Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis – $643,600.00
- Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Inc., Bloomington – $86,200.00
- Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central IN, Inc., Muncie – $157,400.00
- Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank, Inc. – $87,800.00
- Tri-State Food Bank, Inc., Evansville – $123,000.00