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Volunteers packing food at Connecticut Foodshare's warehouse in Bloomfield in March. Credit: Mark Pazniokas / CT Mirror

Yes.

Founded in 1982, Connecticut Foodshare is a nonprofit organization member of the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks.

On Oct. 27, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that his administration is providing $3 million in emergency state funding to Connecticut Foodshare to help Connecticut residents who could lose access to food stamp benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the shutdown of the federal government.

But food is not distributed to individuals at Foodshare’s facilities in Wallingford and Bridgeport. They distribute food to local food pantries.

The funding will help Connecticut Foodshare buy more food for agency partners and mobile pantries across the state as the situation is resolved. 

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Mariana Navarrete Villegas is a Community Engagement Reporter for The Connecticut Mirror, covering Hartford. She recently graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism with a master’s degree in Bilingual Journalism. Previously, she was the Community Engagement and Video Assistant at Epicenter-NYC and a Podcast Intern at The Take, Al Jazeera English’s daily news podcast. As a reporter, she has covered stories from New York to Florida, California, Panama, and Mexico, focusing on labor rights, immigration, and community care. She also hosts 'La Chismesita,' a community radio show in New York that archives oral histories through conversations with women community leaders. Originally from Mexico, Mariana spent her teenage years in Panama. She holds a B.A. in Global Studies with a minor in Psychology from Saint Leo University, where she interned at the International Rescue Committee.