Georgia Asian Times
February 23, 2021
Atlanta, Feb 22, 2021 – The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) is pleased to announce the distribution of $11.9 million in supplemental Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding to partner agencies to help serve the state’s families and children.
The Georgia Nutrition Assistance Program (GNAP) will share funds with Georgia s eight Feeding America Food Banks to distribute nutritious protein, fruits and vegetables through a network of more than 2,400 nonprofits in all 159 counties.
“The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact on Georgia’s families and children has been profound. With so many facing food insecurity across the state, we are pleased to be able to provide this additional assistance through our partnership with Georgia’s food banks,” said Georgia DFCS Division Director Tom Rawlings.
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Annual legislative suppers, breakfasts to start session with digital socializing
The Wild Hog Supper that is a signature legislative session kick-off event and major fundraiser for the Georgia Food Bank Association is cancelled for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, Gov. Brian Kemp addresses the large crowd of influential leaders during the supper. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder
The COVID-19 pandemic means changes to some of the signature annual events that typically mark the start of a new legislative session as lawmakers return to the state Capitol this week.
Often the governor and other top state leaders kick off their legislative agenda at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast at the Georgia World Congress Center. The nonprofit group Georgians for a Healthy Future annually makes its case for expanded access to health at venues near the Capitol. These two are among several groups that advocate for state policies moving their signature even
Cars snake through parking lots turned into COVID-19 testing sites. Shoppers wait outside stores with limited capacity.
Families line up for help getting food on the table.
Earlier this month, there was one of those lines at a shopping center on Buford Highway.
“There’s always a line,” said Marco Palma, president of the non-profit organization Los Vecinos de Buford Highway. It’s one of the groups behind the food distribution event. “If we say we’re starting at 10, people start lining up at like 8:30 or 9.”
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Hundreds of people, including many families with kids, were lined up to get boxes of fresh vegetables and staples like oil, rice, beans and tortillas. A DJ played music for the crowd; volunteers greeted friends; local high school students had set up an art show.
Crucial Georgia Senate runoffs are shaped by economic pain
By Jess Bidgood Globe Staff,Updated December 18, 2020, 8:02 p.m.
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Democrats have portrayed Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue as out of touch.Brynn Anderson/Associated Press
FAIRBURN, Ga. â Candice Williams felt awkward, but she pulled her car into the long line curling out from the food pantry anyway, her daughter cheerfully ensconced in her car seat in the back.
She rolled slowly past the low-slung industrial buildings on the outer edge of Atlanta, toward the empty church that was now a staging ground for a phalanx of volunteers packing food into bright purple bags. It wasnât so long ago that she was helping others instead of asking for help.
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