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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Fresno City Council unanimously approved a solution connected Thursday to allocate $250,000 for the Central California Food Bank to assistance families struggling to devour pursuing the expiration of SNAP benefits.
City Council Member Nelson Esparza and Mayor Dyer introduced the proposal. According to metropolis officials, $50,000 of the backing volition travel straight from Esparza's District 7 budget.
The different $200,000 volition beryllium allocated from the General City Purpose fund. City officials accidental the funds volition assistance supply an estimated 1 cardinal meals to Fresno families successful need.
“No household should person to scrape by oregon wonderment erstwhile their adjacent repast volition be,” Esparza said. “If the national information nett falters, we person an work to fortify our section apparatus. This is astir taking steps to combat the forthcoming nutrient insecurity that is happening arsenic a effect of the national authorities shutdown.”
