UPDATE

Rep. John Benson introduces new bill that appropriates $1,150,200 for FY 2009 for foodshelf programs.

Committees and Authors

HOUSE

Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division Committee Membership

Finance Committee

Representative Benson

SENATE

Health and Human Services Budget Division

Senator Bonoff

The Message – Make Nutrition a Priority in Minnesota

• Minnesota food shelves are the first line of defense against hunger. They provide instant, emergency service to Minnesota residents.
• There has never been an increase in State funding for food shelves.
• We encourage lawmakers to keep low income Minnesotan’s in mind during this challenging budget year.

In the news

Bill Author

Of the 28 bills Rep. John Benson (DFL-Minnetonka) sponsors, he said HF1233 is the most important because it has “the most essential need.”

The bill would appropriate $1.15 million for food shelf programs above the base appropriation for the current biennium. It would become part of the base for the Fiscal Year 2010-11 biennium.

“We are dealing here with basic human rights, the right to nutrition,” he told the House Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division March 5.

Session Weekly

Tools you can use

Click here to download our MN Food Shelf Fact Sheet and the 2008 Public Policy Agenda
for MN Partners to End Hunger.

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