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Local program staff say ARPA funds helped deliver food, PPE and rides to thousands during COVID
Summary
Program staff and community organizers described doorstep food boxes tailored by language and culture, volunteer PPE deliveries and ride-booking for victims — efforts they say reached about 5,000 households (roughly 17,000 people) during the pandemic.
Program staff and community organizers described coordinated pandemic relief efforts that used federal and local funding, including ARPA, to deliver culturally appropriate food boxes, personal protective equipment and transportation assistance to residents during COVID-19.
A health department official said the program worked with the contact-tracing unit to identify households in need and "by the end of COVID [we] ended up serving about 5,000 households, about 17,000 people." The official credited timely funding with allowing staff to scale delivery and support services.
Program staff described an intake process that recorded address, household size and primary language, then routed requests to a centralized…
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