Second Harvest Food Bank is cutting its workforce due to federal cuts. We reached out to the food bank, and their response is below:
Like many food banks nationwide, we’re facing rising costs and a sharp drop in federal support. We expect to lose about $9.4 million in federal funding this year alone. In response, we’ve had to reevaluate how we serve our entire 23-parish service area. As part of this assessment, we reduced our workforce across the entire organization - all facilities - by 14%. This reorganization ensures we can pursue our mission to end food insecurity for the more than 436,000 in South Louisiana in a sustainable way. This includes our expansion efforts with the recent opening of our new distribution centers in Lake Charles and Houma.
Second Harvest Food Bank official statement
