It's a recurring issue food banks see every year, but this time the food supply is a bit more scarce.

"Typically during the summer months, we see more people coming to our pantries and we see the donations go down a little bit," said Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank, Mike Iberis. "On a national level, the USDA is probably down about 60 percent in terms of the amount of food they're getting to all the food banks nationwide," he said.

So as a result, the food bank isn't as stocked.

"We're at about two thirds of what we typically would have in inventory in the warehouse," Iberis said.

Iberis tells 21 News they'll have to go out and solicit donations to beef up their inventory. They'll also be spending an estimated $1.5 million dollars on food this year, which is a big jump from their usual $400 thousand. Inflation has had a major impact in all this.

"We're seeing more and more seniors coming. They're telling us, hey, we never came to a pantry before but because of the inflation, our dollars are not going as far," Iberis said.

At the rescue mission of the Mahoning Valley, it's more of the same. Students are home from school all summer long, so there's more meals that have to be provided like breakfast and lunch and officials say it's costly.

"We have to budget more for those meals during the summer months, knowing that those meals are going to be more," said John Muckridge president and CEO of the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley.

Muckridge tells 21 News though, his hope is in Jesus and that they're doing fine as He provides for them.

In the same way, Iberis is hopeful for the foodbank as he says this valley is the most generous