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Nevada Board of Examiners backs $30 million for food banks, $200,000 for military support amid SNAP suspension
Summary
The State of Nevada Board of Examiners on Oct. 29 recommended that the Interim Finance Committee approve a $30,000,000 allocation from its contingency account to bolster food-bank supplies statewide and separately approved $200,000 to fund active-duty personnel assisting distribution.
The State of Nevada Board of Examiners on Oct. 29 recommended that the Interim Finance Committee approve a $30,000,000 allocation from the contingency account to support food banks statewide and separately approved a $200,000 allocation to pay active-duty personnel who will help with distribution.
The board took the actions during a special meeting after hearing presentations from state finance staff and leaders of Nevada’s two major food-bank networks. Attorney General Aaron Ford moved to approve the recommendations; both motions passed on voice votes.
Tiffany, a staff member from the governor’s finance office, told the board that the IFC contingency account “only has roughly about $43,000,000 in the, current account that’s available,” and that the office proposed taking $30,000,000 so “we’re taking 30,000,000 out of…
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