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Flagler County commissioner advances $50,000 in emergency food aid ahead of Thanksgiving
Summary
Commissioner Petito said she advanced $50,000 from county pooled expenditures to help local food banks amid delays in federal benefits, presented $20,000 to Grace Community Food Bank and said staff will allocate the remaining $30,000 by week'end under HHS grant-style agreements.
Commissioner Miss Petito told the Flagler County Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 17 that she used her authority to make $50,000 available from pooled county expenditures to help local food banks while some federal assistance programs experienced delays.
Petito said roughly 11,700 people in Flagler County rely on SNAP or EBT benefits and estimated that about 7.4% of county households who receive…
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