(KNSI) — Among a surge in demand, Governor Tim Walz Thursday signed into law $5 million in emergency funding for Minnesota food shelves.
The money would be directed to the Department of Human Services for food shelf programs through Hunger Solutions.
Monetary donations can go quite a ways as many times they have five-to-one spending power, so for every $1 someone would spend at the grocery store, a food shelf could buy five times as much food as a regular customer.
There were a record 5.5 million visits to food shelves in 2022.
“Minnesota’s food shelves play an essential role in helping Minnesotans feed their families and ease rising food costs,” said Governor Walz. “As we continue to work to lower costs and make life easier for Minnesotans, this funding will allow food shelves to continue to help working families put food on the table.”
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