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Program Description

  Food Systems Resilience

OFSR is charged with developing and maintaining a strategy for improving the efficiency, equity, sustainability, and resilience of the food systems in Montgomery County. Through fostering public-private partnerships with the community for systems change, OFSR will expand upon the County government's investments in ensuring equitable and dignified access to nutritious, culturally diverse foods for all residents and harness the unique strengths of business, nonprofit, and government partners to enhance the health of our people, economy, and natural resources. Ensuring greater County government focus on food systems data collection, monitoring, and reporting (including food access and security data) is a priority of OFSR.

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Program Contacts

Contact Heather Bois Bruskin of the Office of Food Systems Resilience at 240-773-3349 or Grace Pedersen of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-773-1088 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved142005114.00
Enhance: Transfer Funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to the OFSR School-Based Food Assistance Program and Expand Services to 20 Additional Schools that Require Assistance10537750.00
Restore: Capital Area Food Bank Funding for Bulk Food Purchases to Ensure Product Availability Amidst Supply Chain Disruptions7500000.00
Restore: Core Funding for Manna Food Center, Inc. to Ensure Continued Availability of Culturally Appropriate Food Assistance3500000.00
Enhance: Provide On-Cycle Funding for Community Gardening Grants2000000.00
Increase Cost: Three Percent Inflationary Adjustment to Non-Profit Service Provider Contracts1313310.00
Shift: Transfer a Noncompetitive Contract for Pop-Up Pantry Services from DHHS to OFSR531070.00
Shift: Transition Administrative Support Staff from Contractual to County Term Position, Fully Offset by Reduction in Contractual Expenditures01.00
Shift: Transition Community Partnerships Coordination Staff from Contractual to County Term Position, Fully Offset by Reduction in Contractual Expenditures01.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.-27920040.00
FY26 Recommended139467206.00