Share Food Program last month distributed around 1.1 mil pounds of food to its Philadelphia pantries, about 136K pounds more than in Jan '22

The latest $1.5 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government does not include child nutrition waivers for schoolchildren.

“Some folks who are kind of right on the line or not yet pinched on their budget, are now needing help for their food,” said Joe Arthur/CPFB