Chicago Food Banks Worried About Ability To Meet Need Amid Trump Administration's Cuts To Usda

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New directives from President Donald Trump's management person been impacting section nutrient banks.

People who usage and supply those services said they are worried astir what nan adjacent fewer months could hold.

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Within nan first half an hr that nan Care for Real nutrient pantry was open, they provided groceries for 81 families that could surge to 300 by nan extremity of their day. However, pinch nan Trump administration's cuts to nan USDA, nan nutrient pantry and others are worried astir their expertise to meet nan need.

"It's a awesome point to person this place," said Sebastian Koraleski, who was getting groceries.

It's because of nan Care For Real nutrient pantry that Koraleski said he won't spell quiet this week.

"It makes a awesome difference," Koraleski said. "I person tears successful my eyes. It makes a awesome difference."

However, for illustration others, nan North Side resident worries that could alteration because looming national cuts successful nutrient aid.

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The Care For Real nutrient pantry successful nan city's Edgewater neighborhood, on pinch it's sister location successful Rogers Park, provides groceries for an estimated 300 families a day, 5 days a week.

One 64-year-old female told ABC7 she was forced to discontinue because of an unwellness and now lives connected little than $1,000 a period from Social Security. She said she comes to nan nutrient pantry erstwhile a week because nan SNAP nutrient assistance benefits she gets are not capable to salary for groceries.

"Over nan past mates of years, $10 here, $20 there, truthful it's down to a $150 a month," she said.

Looking to trim spending, nan Trump management has stiff aliases cancelled a cardinal dollars successful nutrient aid.

Darryl Collins is nutrient insecure and does not deliberation that is right.

"It's making a batch of group not eat and that's bogus and that's a problem," Collins said. "We each sewage to eat."

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Recently, nan Greater Chicago Food Depository learned 52 truckloads of authorities nutrient that it expected to get betwixt now and August from nan U.S. Department of Agriculture person been suspended.

Care For Real gets half its donations from nan nutrient depository. Officials astatine nan 55-year-old statement fearfulness a cleanable large wind of request versus resources is connected nan horizon, threatening their expertise to service families.

"And truthful we cognize pinch truthful galore argumentation changes happening we're acrophobic that, we cognize that we are going to spot much group successful request of nutrient assistance," said Gregory Gross pinch nan Care For Real nutrient pantry.

The pantry said nan authorities cuts put them successful uncharted territory, and they really do not cognize erstwhile they will commencement to consciousness nan pinch of nan shortages.

In nan meantime, they're trying to fig retired imaginative ways to capable nan void and proceed to make judge that group person capable nutrient to eat.