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This month conversations surrounding COVID-19 and how it relates to food insecurity continued online with the hashtags #PandemicEBT, #COVID19Pandemic & #EndHungerNow creating buzz. While most states and SNAP agencies fight to utilize Pandemic EBT, food banks across the country continue to face the pressure to provide food.
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Hunger Free America, a non-profit aiming to end hunger and ensure that all Americans have sufficient access to nutritious food, shared “Steps State Leaders Can Take to Advance “Pandemic EBT” Implementation”. With P-EBT, states can provide extra food purchasing power based on children who would receive free or reduced price meals
That's why we're advocating for states to implement #PandemicEBT programs as quickly as possible so that families can have additional food purchasing power while their kids are out of school.
Learn more about P-EBT: https://t.co/tItwannyrs @EdTrustTN @CAgovernor— Hunger Free America (@HungerFreeUSA) April 15, 2020
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The Chicago Food Depository provides food for those in need now and works to eliminate the root causes of hunger in our community. They are working with partners to deliver hundreds of boxes of food and will continue to respond to COVID-19
Thanks to @MiggstaC09 & @TheChiFirstLady for helping support our network of community partners yesterday! https://t.co/8YBTPgWyQC
— Chicago’s Food Bank (@FoodDepository) April 9, 2020
@FoodDepository...we have learned at work with @united how important it is to give back. Thank you for your work to #endhungernow. Incredible facility to feed those in need. Plenty of hand washing, lots of gloves, tons of food (32 tons to be exact). Friends, please donate! pic.twitter.com/2RcoZkvvfD
— MileagePlusMike (@mileageplusmike) April 11, 2020
