Food bays provide lifeline to Bristol-area families

Next to the Bristol police headquarters off Munsill Avenue is a band refrigerated bays that CVOEO stocks with food for qualifying low-income families.

Area schools and nonprofits were working overtime this week to gather extra food for low-income families who faced suspension of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

Vermont joined a multi-state lawsuit on Tuesday that seeks to force the federal government to fund its largest food assistance program.

“Vermont must prepare now for a future with fewer federal dollars, greater economic uncertainty, and higher costs for workers and families.”

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