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Merced County outlines food and transit support for CalFresh recipients as shutdown disrupts benefits
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Merced County officials told the Los Banos City Council on Nov. 5 they27ve opened a Department Operations Center and partnered with the Merced County Food Bank, churches and transit providers to mitigate disruptions to CalFresh benefits caused by the federal government shutdown.
Merced County officials on Nov. 5 told the Los Banos City Council the county has mobilized multiple agencies and nonprofit partners to respond to the federal government shutdown27s disruption of CalFresh (SNAP) benefits.
Scott Silvery, Merced County Supervisor (District 5), said the county opened a Department Operations Center to coordinate outreach and mitigation, and commended staff for rapidly bringing together the county27s health-and-human-services agency, nonprofit partners and the Merced County Food Bank. "We didn't just sit by and didn't do anything," he told the council.
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