Food Bank

The Springfield-based food bank is focusing more on two other two counties it serves, as Clark County community partners increase direct food distribution.

The Foodbank serves Montgomery, Greene and Preble counties. As a mostly rural county, many Preble residents face hunger and have less access to grocery stores and transportation.

The House budget adds tens of millions of dollars into Ohio's food banks at a time when they say demand is unprecedented.

A temporary boost to SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, will end after February. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the changes recently, Ohio was one of several states participating in SNAP emergency allotments.

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The Foodbank said people in north Dayton often deal with food insecurity.

Those safety net services are now struggling with the same issues the people they serve are trying to manage.

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