As recently as 2022, the USDA had positioned the 33-year-old SNAP-Ed program as a key mechanism for helping Americans achieve ...

In addition, Florida is not taking part in another USDA program launched in 2023, called SUN Bucks, which is a supplement to the summer meal program. SUN Bucks provides $40 a month per child, or a ...

Food banks in South Florida are noticing a decline in donations, forcing some to cut back on what they can provide. WPBF 25 News stopped by Boca Helping Hands Tuesday to meet Bill Harper, the ...

Feeding South Florida, the region’s largest food bank, estimates that 400,000 people in Miami-Dade — nearly 15% of the population — are food insecure, meaning they don’t have enough to eat ...

The Trump administration has canceled a COVID-era program that delivered $11 million worth of fresh food to Central Florida’s largest food bank annually, a significant budget cut that comes as ...

Brown, 59, is one of the 1.2 million South Floridians who relied on Feeding South Florida, the region's largest food bank, last year to supplement their groceries.

This amounts to 1,092,000 pounds of food, equivalent to approximately 910,000 meals. If this funding freeze becomes permanent, Central Florida could lose about 5.8 million meals next year.