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Council OKs transfer to pilot grocery assistance in Winton Hills; program to target food access and basic necessities
Summary
Council Member Anna Albee secured committee action to appropriate $250,000 from a reserved balance to a grocery delivery and assistance pilot in Winton Hills designed to increase access and give residents dollars for groceries and basic necessities not covered by SNAP.
Council Member Anna Albee asked the committee to approve a transfer of $250,000 from a general fund discretionary reserve originally set aside for the Financial Freedom initiative to support a grocery assistance pilot in Winton Hills.
Albee described the pilot as having two goals: increase access to groceries and put direct dollars in residents’ hands to stretch grocery budgets. She said…
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