| A Greeley food bank is sounding the alarm that Gabe Evans’ drastic cuts to food assistance will exacerbate an already dire lack of resources and spike in need.
The Weld Food Bank says demand is up roughly 230%, while supply is down nearly 900 pounds after the White House abruptly cancelled funding last spring.
Now, the food bank is bracing for billions in additional cuts that Evans voted for to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Earlier this year, that same food bank called Evans out for falsely implying in an interview that the bank supports the Big, Ugly Bill’s cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. In reality, the Weld Food bank “communicated the intense need” and “emphasized how the need will get worse” if Evans voted to gut these programs that Colorado families rely on.
Evans, of course, voted for the cuts anyway.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Gabe Evans sacrificed Coloradans’ health care and ripped food off their tables so billionaires could get a tax break. That’s a fireable offense, and voters will hold him accountable for it next November.”
Read the coverage for yourself:
CBS News Colorado: Northern Colorado food bank seeks donations amid 230% spike in need
- The Weld Food Bank in Greeley… is facing a potential $700,000 shortfall in funding for the demand they are experiencing this year.
- “We are at about 30,000 visits a month, up about 230% in folks coming just for our emergency food program,” Edmonds said.
- He also said the recent cuts to SNAP and Medicare are projected to only make the number of visitors to the food bank rise.
Denver Post: Colorado food banks sound alarm over rising need amid federal cuts to nutrition assistance
- Executives with Colorado food banks and support organizations are sounding the alarm about record-breaking need for food assistance across the state as their organizations contend with federal funding cuts to programs that include the Emergency Food Assistance Program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
- This spring, the Trump administration cut about $500 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding that went toward the Emergency Food Assistance Program, which supplements states’ food bank supplies.
- Bob O’Connor, CEO of the Weld Food Bank, said his Greeley-based organization is down 900 pounds of food this year compared to 2024, due to the Emergency Food Assistance Program cuts.
- The Weld Food Bank serves 1,700 people a day through an emergency food box program and delivers sustenance to 600 homebound seniors every month.
- “We’re serving more people in a day than we used to serve in a week, and the amount of food coming in is far less,” O’Connor said.
- The massive “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed by House Republicans this summer reworked the SNAP program, restricting who can access food resources. Legislators cut about $186 billion from SNAP funding through 2034, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
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