Warren Co. allots $150K to assist food pantries

WARREN COUNTY | The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted Friday to appropriate up to $150,000 in funding to provide food assistance to Warren County residents through the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. The funding was deemed the best way to assist Warren County residents who are confronting food insecurity during the ongoing absence of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The Board of Supervisors voted to provide funding in $50,000 increments to the Regional Food Bank to assist pantries in Warren County as the federal government shutdown that has led to a lapse in SNAP benefits continues. A drive-thru food pantry event was expected to be organized by the Regional Food Bank in Warren County, though details of that effort were not finalized when The Sun editions went to print. The county funding will be taken from contingency reserves for unexpected expenses, so the expenditure will not have an impact on the 2025 budget or tax levy. Warren County Board of Supervisors Chairman Kevin Geraghty said, "Neither I nor any of my colleagues want anyone who is in need of food in Warren County to go without it. This additional funding that was approved today will be provided to the Regional Food Bank to ensure pantries across Warren County can help residents who need it. We are hearing from our local food pantries that they are seeing a significant increase in demand for food as local federal workers go without paychecks and food benefits are delayed, and we ask that residents consider joining us in supporting their local food pantry with donations of food or money." John Taflan, Warren County Administrator, said, "Our staff met several times this week to try to determine the quickest and most efficient way to assist those who are not receiving SNAP benefits. A number of scenarios were discussed, and today's action by the Board of Supervisors was deemed the most immediate, as it will allow the Regional Food Bank to quickly help folks in Warren County who are in need. I join with Chairman Geraghty in asking residents to pitch in to support their local pantry during this emergency." There are 6,265 people in Warren County who receive SNAP benefits, 1,665 of them children under the age of 18 and 2,527 individuals over the age of 50. In addition to this new funding for food pantries, Warren/Hamilton Counties Office for the Aging is temporarily expanding its senior meals delivery program to provide additional meals to seniors, and Warren County has started a food drive at county facilities that resulted in a donation of a car-load of food to Warren/Hamilton Counties Community Action in Glens Falls on November 6, 2025, and another delivery is anticipated to a pantry on Friday, November 7. This food drive was also continuing with items collected at Warren County Municipal Centers DMV entrance or the Human Services Building entrance, both at 1340 Route 9, Queensbury, or at Warren County Department of Public Works, 4028 Route 9, Warrensburg.

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