Funding provided to the Emergency Food Network is for distribution to emergency food pantries statewide. The funds assist local food banks and other providers with infrastructure capacity for storage and distribution of emergency and supplemental nutrition to households with incomes up to 150% of the Federal Poverty Level. Emergency food pantries utilize a variety of resources. These are mostly state and local funds leveraged with in-kind resources that include food and volunteer support.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $296,000 from all sources for Emergency Food Network. This is a 0.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $290,000 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 0.1 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
For the most recent completed fiscal year, the following information represents the purposes for which the money was used:
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.