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Dollars are going to people in need : Local relief agencies optimistic over new executive orders
President Biden signed an executive order Friday asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand food assistance benefits like SNAP and P-EBT. Share Updated: 10:38 PM CST Jan 22, 2021 Dollars are going to people in need : Local relief agencies optimistic over new executive orders
President Biden signed an executive order Friday asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand food assistance benefits like SNAP and P-EBT. Share Updated: 10:38 PM CST Jan 22, 2021
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Show Transcript EMILY: WE’RE TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM BEING A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC, AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL SEEING A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR FOOD. WE’RE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ENROLL IN SNAP WHO NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD NEED. EMILY: SHELLEY MANN IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SNAP ASSISTANCE AT THE FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND.