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Senior services outlines food bag and grocery card plan after SNAP payments were delayed
Summary
Medina County Senior and Adult Services outlined a temporary food‑assistance plan for seniors after a delay in SNAP payments, proposing 320 shelf‑stable food bags and small grocery cards distributed through the county foundation and local partners.
Laura Toth, a representative of Medina County Senior and Adult Services, told commissioners that staff and volunteer teams are preparing a short-term response to interruptions in SNAP benefits for seniors. The plan, she said, calls for distribution of shelf-stable food bags and small grocery gift cards to eligible senior SNAP recipients in three parts of the county.
Toth said the foundation will purchase contents for 320 food packages to be assembled by staff and volunteers and distributed mid-month at locations in Brunswick, Medina and…
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