Selma Area Food Bank among others to receive funding from state

The Selma Area Food Bank is among seven others to benefit from a round of funding from the office of Gov. Kay Ivey, who is releasing $2 million in emergency funds. 

The action is part of a myriad of others to address food shortages caused by the suspension of SNAP benefits throughout the state. 

Ivey said the following in a statement: 

“There are real Alabama families who rely on SNAP to put food on their tables, and that includes more than 300,000 children, more than 102,000 seniors and those who are disabled. That is why I am directing $2 million in emergency funding to go towards food banks serving the people of our state."

“We are now in the longest federal government shutdown in history, and it is absolutely ridiculous that families all across our country are suffering – whether that is the school children who rely on SNAP, the air traffic controller not receiving a paycheck or even our military and high number of federal government worker families in Alabama."

"Hear me loud and clear when I say Alabama cannot be both the state and federal government. And like states all across the country, Alabama is stepping up to help, but this is not sustainable by any means. U.S. Senate Democrats must vote to reopen the federal government now.”

Others to receive funding are Community Food Bank of Central Alabama, Food Bank of East Alabama, Food Bank of North Alabama, Feeding the Gulf Coast, Heart of Alabama Food Bank, West Alabama Food Bank and the Wiregrass Area Food Bank.