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Hood County commissioners vote unanimously to provide $100,000 to United Way for emergency food relief after SNAP pause
Summary
In an emergency Nov. 6 session, the Hood County Commissioners Court approved a $100,000 disbursement from its emergency management fund to United Way of Hood County to buy and distribute food after a federal shutdown froze SNAP benefits, officials and local nonprofits said.
Hood County’s commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 6 to authorize $100,000 from the county’s emergency management disaster fund to United Way of Hood County for immediate food purchases and distribution, citing sharply increased demand after a federal shutdown halted SNAP benefit deliveries.
County Judge (name not provided) made the motion during a special emergency meeting called at about 1 p.m., and Commissioner Wilson seconded it. The court confirmed the county’s emergency management fund (Fund 101) had about $250,000 available and instructed staff to prepare a check for United Way so local nonprofits could begin buying and preparing food.
Crystal, speaking for a coalition of local nonprofits and food pantries, told the court the interruption in federal…
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