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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Gary Sadlmayer here, Scott Boh He's in One More Day
for Jim Rose. Thanks got been fun week, Rosie's back Monday,
and Lucy on Travick Craig at the anchored ESK Courtney
on Your Money, and our friend Brian Barks joins us.
You ever been in a radio studio before, Brian?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Not as nice as this one.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Well, here's what you do. Love what you've done with
the play. You're doing fine.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I worked with Brian Barks when I was a teenager
just starting off in this business. I know, I know Brian,
Thanks God, which was only like three or four years ago.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yeah, exactly. Brian's the pooh bah Over food bank for
the Heartland. I'd like to check in at least a
couple of times a year. And it is very common,
of course that, uh, the generosity of Omahan's pours out, uh,
particularly when you think of hunger and food shortages or
(00:50):
food insecurity around the holidays. It doesn't go away though
after the holidays. And here we are in the thick
of the summer season and you're launching an awareness campy
and what do we need to know?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah, so summer is a really challenging time for our
organization when we see as you mentioned, you know, hungary
becomes a top of mind issue, especially during the holidays.
But during this time it's gets really challenging. Kids are
out of school sometimes those are the only meals that
they get, and so parents have to account for more
(01:21):
also for maybe childcare, and budgets just start to get tighter.
What we know is about low income family spent about
a third of their income on food, and it just
gets really really.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Challenging one of the hungriest seasons. Yes, it is actually
absolutely We're chatting a little bit before we went on
the air about the impact of snap cuts or food
stamp cuts. Now we know and I think most people
applaud this eliminate the junk food, if you will, the sugar,
the pop and candy and stuff. Does it go beyond that,
the cuts to snatcha.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
We're not getting into, you know, a big fuss over that.
What we are concerned about is in the budget conciliation
bill that is moving through Congress. The House version of
the bill proposed cutting thirty billion dollars in SNAP benefits
over a ten year period. The Senate version is a
little bit less at about two hundred and ten two
(02:14):
hundred and eleven billion. That's going to impact somewhere between
one hundred and fifty five thousand Nebraskans who are on
SNAP about two hundred and sixty ish thousand in Iowa.
What we're really concerned about is how this is the
funding mechanism of this. Right now, the state and the
federal government split administration costs of the program fifty to fifty.
(02:38):
This bill would would move that to seventy five to
the state and twenty five to the federal government. That
would put Nebraska on the hook for about thirteen million
dollars or so.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
It's all based on income right eligibility.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
This is about SNAP, yes, but we're talking about the
administration of the program. So Nebraska would have to come
out up with another thirteen million dollars to pay for it.
And we know what it was like to try to
get a balanced budget through the state legislature. Where they're
going to find that thirteen million, Nobody knows they're going
to have to cut costs somewhere else because you know,
(03:14):
the taxike is not going to be very appealing. Another
thing too that is in the works here too, is
that the states will have to pay more based on
air rates. Now, an air rate is an underpayment of
benefits error, an error, yes, overpayment, underpayment documentation whatever. Nebraska,
(03:35):
the threshold of an air rate that what they have
it that set right now is six percent. Nebraska's air
rate is seven percent. That would put them on the
hook for another twenty six million dollars to pay.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
For the program.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
That's it's and where the state is going to find
that money is really concerning.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
All right, Well, lots more to be said on the
political front, going to get up, but the bottom line
here is always people can help, and people do help. Absolutely,
they do. And you've told us many times it's nice
when people drop off, you know, non perishable items, but
money is the big thing you can donate.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Right absolutely, because financial contributions will go a long way. Now,
this fiscal year that we're in our budget for to
buy food is five million dollars. Next fiscal year starting
July one, it's going to be four point three million.
Our ability to sustain that level of purchasing food is
really really challenging. But one of the things that's great
(04:37):
about this town, and you know it, Yeah, I sure
do unbelievably the philanthropic generosity.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And we just did our case to camp with open intermation.
We do hope for the hungry every Thanksgiving things you
guys gets have a new building too, Yeah, tell me
about that.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, we're excited about that. This is Gary. This is
something that's been the works for four years.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
You were over there on Jay Street, right.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, we're at one five two five J Street and
we're moving to eighty fourth and L, the former location
of H and HHL. Construction is due to end probably
in November December. We'll move in January.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Awesome. The building represents what's the advantage? Because love, I
thought your facility out there on J Street was pretty cool.
What's the advantage here?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So one of the things that has been there's many
many challenges. So one is a larger freezer cooler capacity.
Right now, if you go to our location, we have
anywhere from four to six semi trailers sitting in our
parking lot holding cold storage food because we don't have
room in our current freezer at our facility now and
currently we accept about seven semis of food every day.
(05:45):
We only have one doctor that can accept a semi
and so when you come to our facility in the morning,
there's two or three sitting out there. It's highly inefficient.
We want to be able to welcome one hundred volunteers
to our new facility. We can only do fifty right now.
And the reason why because we only have fifty parking stalls.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
So you're going to be opening probably in the new year.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
January is when we'll move. Yes, good to see you again. Yeah,
thanks Gary, thank you.
Gary Sadlmayer here, Scott Boh He's in One More Day
for Jim Rose. Thanks got been fun week, Rosie's back Monday,
and Lucy on Travick Craig at the anchored ESK Courtney
on Your Money, and our friend Brian Barks joins us.
You ever been in a radio studio before, Brian?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Not as nice as this one.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Well, here's what you do. Love what you've done with
the play. You're doing fine.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I worked with Brian Barks when I was a teenager
just starting off in this business. I know, I know Brian,
Thanks God, which was only like three or four years ago.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yeah, exactly. Brian's the pooh bah Over food bank for
the Heartland. I'd like to check in at least a
couple of times a year. And it is very common,
of course that, uh, the generosity of Omahan's pours out, uh,
particularly when you think of hunger and food shortages or
(00:50):
food insecurity around the holidays. It doesn't go away though
after the holidays. And here we are in the thick
of the summer season and you're launching an awareness campy
and what do we need to know?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah, so summer is a really challenging time for our
organization when we see as you mentioned, you know, hungary
becomes a top of mind issue, especially during the holidays.
But during this time it's gets really challenging. Kids are
out of school sometimes those are the only meals that
they get, and so parents have to account for more
(01:21):
also for maybe childcare, and budgets just start to get tighter.
What we know is about low income family spent about
a third of their income on food, and it just
gets really really.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Challenging one of the hungriest seasons. Yes, it is actually
absolutely We're chatting a little bit before we went on
the air about the impact of snap cuts or food
stamp cuts. Now we know and I think most people
applaud this eliminate the junk food, if you will, the sugar,
the pop and candy and stuff. Does it go beyond that,
the cuts to snatcha.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
We're not getting into, you know, a big fuss over that.
What we are concerned about is in the budget conciliation
bill that is moving through Congress. The House version of
the bill proposed cutting thirty billion dollars in SNAP benefits
over a ten year period. The Senate version is a
little bit less at about two hundred and ten two
(02:14):
hundred and eleven billion. That's going to impact somewhere between
one hundred and fifty five thousand Nebraskans who are on
SNAP about two hundred and sixty ish thousand in Iowa.
What we're really concerned about is how this is the
funding mechanism of this. Right now, the state and the
federal government split administration costs of the program fifty to fifty.
(02:38):
This bill would would move that to seventy five to
the state and twenty five to the federal government. That
would put Nebraska on the hook for about thirteen million
dollars or so.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
It's all based on income right eligibility.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
This is about SNAP, yes, but we're talking about the
administration of the program. So Nebraska would have to come
out up with another thirteen million dollars to pay for it.
And we know what it was like to try to
get a balanced budget through the state legislature. Where they're
going to find that thirteen million, Nobody knows they're going
to have to cut costs somewhere else because you know,
(03:14):
the taxike is not going to be very appealing. Another
thing too that is in the works here too, is
that the states will have to pay more based on
air rates. Now, an air rate is an underpayment of
benefits error, an error, yes, overpayment, underpayment documentation whatever. Nebraska,
(03:35):
the threshold of an air rate that what they have
it that set right now is six percent. Nebraska's air
rate is seven percent. That would put them on the
hook for another twenty six million dollars to pay.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
For the program.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
That's it's and where the state is going to find
that money is really concerning.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
All right, Well, lots more to be said on the
political front, going to get up, but the bottom line
here is always people can help, and people do help. Absolutely,
they do. And you've told us many times it's nice
when people drop off, you know, non perishable items, but
money is the big thing you can donate.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Right absolutely, because financial contributions will go a long way. Now,
this fiscal year that we're in our budget for to
buy food is five million dollars. Next fiscal year starting
July one, it's going to be four point three million.
Our ability to sustain that level of purchasing food is
really really challenging. But one of the things that's great
(04:37):
about this town, and you know it, Yeah, I sure
do unbelievably the philanthropic generosity.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And we just did our case to camp with open intermation.
We do hope for the hungry every Thanksgiving things you
guys gets have a new building too, Yeah, tell me
about that.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, we're excited about that. This is Gary. This is
something that's been the works for four years.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
You were over there on Jay Street, right.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, we're at one five two five J Street and
we're moving to eighty fourth and L, the former location
of H and HHL. Construction is due to end probably
in November December. We'll move in January.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Awesome. The building represents what's the advantage? Because love, I
thought your facility out there on J Street was pretty cool.
What's the advantage here?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So one of the things that has been there's many
many challenges. So one is a larger freezer cooler capacity.
Right now, if you go to our location, we have
anywhere from four to six semi trailers sitting in our
parking lot holding cold storage food because we don't have
room in our current freezer at our facility now and
currently we accept about seven semis of food every day.
(05:45):
We only have one doctor that can accept a semi
and so when you come to our facility in the morning,
there's two or three sitting out there. It's highly inefficient.
We want to be able to welcome one hundred volunteers
to our new facility. We can only do fifty right now.
And the reason why because we only have fifty parking stalls.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
So you're going to be opening probably in the new year.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
January is when we'll move. Yes, good to see you again. Yeah,
thanks Gary, thank you.
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