As part of President Donald Trump's attempt to rein in federal spending, the US Dep't of Agriculture has cut $1 billion in funding for food at schools, daycare centers and local food banks. At last night's NorCo Council meeting, Executive Lamont McClure advised that he has repurposed CDBG funding for low to moderate income census tracts to provide some relief to local pantries. This includes $10,000 check to the Slater Center in Bangor, the LINCs Family Center in Wilson Borough and a food bank in Pen Argyl.
"Each food bank does not know how they're going to make up for the cuts," said McClure. He added that the county would "continue to scrounge," but "we won't be able to replace federal funds."
He suggested that Council might want to consider grants to food banks from its contingency fund at the end of each year.
