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Mayor’s 1 Philly SNAP support plan: $4M in city funds, rapid grants and targeted outreach launched
Summary
City officials told the Council committee they launched the 1 Philly SNAP support plan with $4 million in city allocations, simplified rapid grants, targeted outreach using PA DHS data and other emergency measures.
The Parker administration described an all‑hands response to the federal SNAP disruption at a Nov. 5 City Council hearing.
The administration’s emergency package, presented by Orlando Rendon of the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity, includes $4 million in city funds to support food distribution: $1 million each to Philadelphia’s two largest food bank partners and $2 million held as simplified grants for smaller, grassroots organizations. The Health Department is administering a simplified grant program that will distribute awards between $5,000 and $50,000; the first round application window closed shortly after the hearing and staff reported more than 1,100 grant applications in the first hours.
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