Not much has changed since the winter of 2022.
There are still long lines of cars wrapped around North 30th Street to Ames Avenue in Omaha, all waiting for supplies from the Black Men United Food Pantry.
“We’re still seeing so many families that are coming down to our pantry that have never been in our pantry,” said the organization’s president, Willie Hamilton.
So in December, when Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen opted out of $18 million in federal funds that would go to feed low income children in the state, Hamilton and many others were disappointed — and shocked.