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Feds Approve $248M Food Benefits For 600K NJ Children Feds Approve $248M Food Benefits For 600K NJ Children
Feds Approve $248M Food Benefits For 600K NJ Children Nearly 600,000 New Jersey schoolchildren could quality for extra food benefits that otherwise would have been spent on free or reduced meals at school, officials said. Schools have been closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak. New Jersey requested assistance from the Trump Administration, which gave its OK on Monday for proximately $248 million in federal aid. Each student who currently quality for subsidized meals will get an extra $416.10, officials said.  Families already receiving aid under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will have the money added to …

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