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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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by Jon Craig
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SNAP Payments Increased In NJ, 'Bonus Payment' Coming This Weekend SNAP Payments Increased In NJ, 'Bonus Payment' Coming This Weekend
SNAP Payments Increased In NJ, 'Bonus Payment' Coming This Weekend Many New Jerseyans who get state food assistance will receive an extra benefit payment this weekend to help buy groceries -- but that's not all, officials said Friday. Their benefits also will be higher in April to help address critical food needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, they said. NJ SNAP re-certification periods that are expiring in March, April and May will also be extended to six months. Families receiving SNAP won't have benefit interruptions during that time. The NJ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (NJ SNAP) is distributing $70 million in extra SNAP benefits over …

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by Jerry DeMarco