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Families still waiting for over $500M in food assistance
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A federal relief program created last spring was meant to be a lifeline for families.
Millions of dollars in emergency food money was supposed to be given to New Jersey families this school year. But that hasn’t happened, and thousands of children are going hungry. Chalkbeat Newark's Patrick Wall talks with Rhonda Schaffler about why the money hasn't been distributed.
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Families still waiting for over $500M in food assistance
Clip: 6/23/2021 | 3m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Millions of dollars in emergency food money was supposed to be given to New Jersey families this school year. But that hasn’t happened, and thousands of children are going hungry. Chalkbeat Newark's Patrick Wall talks with Rhonda Schaffler about why the money hasn't been distributed.
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