Walz executive order aims to provide food aid for veterans, families

Gov Tim Walz issued an executive order on Veterans Day directing the creation of a statewide organization of food pantries for veterans and their families According to state material Minnesota is home to veterans of whom are and older The Tuesday orders direct the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs to coordinate the expansion of a statewide Veteran Food Pantry Arrangement Our veterans have sacrificed their strength safety and personal freedoms in provision to our country Yet here at home numerous are left struggling to put food on the table Walz mentioned in a Tuesday news release In Minnesota we made a bipartisan commitment to provide our veterans with advocacy and care and we re ensuring that every veteran and institution member has access to affordable healthy food regardless of what happens at the federal level The order also authorizes the MDVA to use existing agency information enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations and private sector entities and accept donations to sponsorship the configuration A overview from the U S Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that of all veterans and of female veterans who are enrolled in strength care through the VA are food insecure The same account located that of the affected female veterans food insecurity led to a increase in the chances of missed wellbeing care and a increase in missed mental strength screening Roughly of Minnesota s veterans use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Operation or SNAP according to reports from the Center on Budget and Approach Priorities Walz put veteran information at the top of his list in the legislative session During a tight budget-crafting session that ended with billion in budget cuts the MDVA had the second-largest increase in spending at million following inhabitants safety at million while specific departments such as human services saw billions of dollars in cuts Related Articles MN governor s race Lisa Demuth names Ryan Wilson as her running mate Letters All the agreements Hitler signed were meaningless Same with Putin s Walz BCA local leaders break ground on new Mankato crime lab St Paul-based home fitness care company to close laying off employees MN House Speaker Lisa Demuth announces bid for governor