New Mexico lawmakers appropriate $5M for food banks statewide
Colores United expected to reach 1 million pounds of food distributed
Headlight staff reports
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Human Services Department was appropriated $5 million from House Bill 1, during the second special session of the New Mexico Legislature last month to support and supplement emergency feeding operations at food banks across the state. The funds are being distributed equitably this week to the five major food banks that support all 33 counties and tribal communities through an existing hunger relief network:
• Road Runner Food Bank in Albuquerque
• The Food Depot in Santa Fe