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Grocery Money Zips Straight to California's Needy Students Amid School Closures [chronicleofsocialchange.org]
By Sara Tiano, The Chronicle of Social Change, May 5, 2020 As lines for food banks stretch for miles and millions of Californians apply for unemployment in record numbers amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new anti-hunger program is giving families debit cards to keep their fridges and pantries stocked. Close to two-thirds of school-aged children in California could well be eligible, and the state anticipates spending as much as $1.4 billion on the infusion into the budgets of struggling...