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Ivanka Trump jump-starts stalled pandemic food program under congressional investigation
Alfred Lubrano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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A resident carries his box of food from the Share Food Program distributed at the Young Chances Foundation in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia last spring.
After allowing an important feeding program created during the pandemic to lapse before the holidays, the Trump administration plans to restart it this month at the urging of Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and advisor.
While anti-hunger advocates are grateful for the intervention, however, they have complained that the program has been mismanaged. They say it benefits farmers and distributors more than those in need, and that food deliveries often have been delayed and sometimes spoiled. Congress has been investigating these charges. ....

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