HB20-1422 “Food Pantry Assistance Grant Program”

This legislation established the food pantry assistance grant with $500,000 to aid Colorado food pantries and food banks in the purchase of food to meet the needs of their clientele an urgent need due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A secondary purpose of the grant program was to create new market opportunities for Colorado's agricultural producers by requiring that food purchased by a grant recipient using grant money from the grant program must be designated as a Colorado agricultural product.