GBFB’s Leadership During the Government Shutdown

Throughout 2025, the federal food assistance programs that people rely on suffered repeated cuts, magnifying the issue of food insecurity and increasing demand for food at the pantries and community organizations that GBFB supplies.

Early in the year, the federal government slashed $4 million from food assistance programs. Over the summer, the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” enacted a series of cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that will reduce or eliminate benefits for the families, seniors, veterans, and neighbors that we serve.

Compounding all of this was the nation’s longest government shutdown during the fall. Many people turned to our hunger-relief network for help, and the unprecedented delay in SNAP benefits triggered a surge in need for food.