By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 2:34 PM ET Apr. 08, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:34 PM EDT Apr. 08, 2021
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Tenant advocates are cautiously optimistic about a new rent relief program that passed in the state budget.
At first glance, the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or CE-RAP, looks a lot better than the previous iteration of the program, according to advocates like Laura Felts, co-director of United Tenants of Albany, who says the old program may have only reached 1% of needy tenants. We didn’t know a single a person in our community who successfully received money from the (old) program, Felts said. It’s been an extremely inaccessible, burdensome, ineffective program, so we are happy to see something that will hopefully be a bit more accessible.
Instacart, Aldi in 90-day free delivery trial to SNAP recipients
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Exterior of ALDI supermarket on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 in Rensselaer, N.Y. ALDI recently partnered with Instacart to allow EBT SNAP recipients to be able to get groceries delivered. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
ALBANY SNAP recipients will be able to purchase grocery items from Aldi and get them delivered to their home via the Instacart app for free for a limited time, thanks to a new partnership between the grocery store chain and the grocery delivery service.
The partnership means Aldi is joining Walmart, Amazon, and ShopRite in the Capital Region who are also providing grocery delivery services to SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) recipients during a pandemic which has created more barriers for those who are food insecure to get food safely.