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Yamhill County approves $100,000 in lottery grants to local food banks to help SNAP recipients
Summary
Commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 6 to authorize $100,000 in county lottery funds to be distributed to roughly 17 local food banks to provide boxed food to Yamhill County residents who are current SNAP recipients and may miss federal benefits during a funding interruption.
Yamhill County commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 6 to authorize $100,000 from the county's lottery-funded economic development account to be distributed as short-term grants to local food banks serving SNAP recipients.
The action aims to help Yamhill County residents who are current SNAP recipients and face an interruption in federal benefit disbursements caused by a partial federal shutdown. Commissioners authorized the county administrator to execute agreements with up to 17 food-bank organizations identified on the county's community resource list and said funds should be used to purchase and…
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