Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announces release of state’s emergency funds to food banks

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday she is releasing $2 million of the state’s emergency funds to go toward eight food banks.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are issued to recipients’ EBT cards on a specific day from the fourth of the month to the 23rd in Alabama. The Alabama Department of Human Resources is also assisting by redirecting an additional $3 million to the Feeding Alabama food banks network, which touches all 67 counties.

“There are real Alabama families who rely on SNAP to put food on their tables, and that includes more than 300,000 children, more than 102,000 seniors and those who are disabled,” Ivey said in a statement. “That is why I am directing $2 million in emergency funding to go towards food banks serving the people of our state.”

Food banks included in the governor’s $2 million assistance are:

• Community Food Bank of Central Alabama
• Food Bank of East Alabama
• Food Bank of North Alabama
• Feeding the Gulf Coast
• Heart of Alabama Food Bank
• Selma Area Food Bank
• West Alabama Food Bank
• Wiregrass Area Food Bank