Dylan Roberts voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Expands Food Pantry Programs for Pandemic Relief
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Expands Food Pantry Programs for Pandemic Relief
Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that expands the food entry program for pandemic relief.
Appropriates funding to ensure 150 local food pantries purchase healthy, local food for more than 300,000 Coloradans (Sec. 1.2 b).
Specifies that grant awards must be at least $2,500 (Sec. 2.4 b).
Specifies that food purchased by a grant recipient using grant money must be designated as a Colorado agricultural product (Sec. 2.4 c).
Authorizes grant recipients to use up to 20 percent of its grant award to cover the direct and indirect costs expenses associated with the distribution of food, including (Sec 2.4 c II):
a) Transportation;
b) Food delivery;
c) Expanding staff costs;
d) Refrigeration; and
e) Storage.
Appropriates $5 million from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 3).
Title: Expands Food Pantry Programs for Pandemic Relief
Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that expands the food entry program for pandemic relief.
Title: Expands Food Pantry Programs for Pandemic Relief