Tribal organizations and states operating the USDA Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) have received over $4.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding appropriated for the purchase of equipment and the improvement of facilities needed to provide food assistance to low-income families on and near Indian reservations, according to a press release issued by the USDA on April 8.
Through FDPIR, USDA purchases food that is provided to low-income households, including the elderly, living on Indian reservations and to Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations and in the State of Oklahoma, the release said.
About 271 tribes are receiving benefits under FDPIR through 98 tribal organizations and five state agencies. Nearly 90,000 low-income individuals receive a monthly FDPIR food package.
Funding amounts awarded range from $147,687, which the Navajo Nation received, to $2,250, the amount awarded to the Shoshone Paiute Tribe.
Does not seem like much $ for all the people to be served.
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