State announces investment to help boost food bank capacity
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority Wednesday announced a 5-million dollar investment in food banks and food pantry networks to help more Iowans in need get access to fresh, nutritious food.
The new Iowa Food Insecurity Infrastructure Fund will help eligible nonprofits that have experienced economic hardship build, expand, or remodel facilities to enable them to increase the amount of food, especially fresh food, distributed to local food pantries throughout Iowa.
Eligible nonprofits include food banks that are bulk food aggregators or distributors that replenish food pantries across Iowa, as well as nonprofit food pantry networks that serve as primary distribution points.
The IEDA is now accepting applications and will continue to review applications as they arrive through July 1st or until funding runs out. For more information go to iowaeda.com.
