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This is a crucial move. A LOT of kids in particular relied on school breakfasts and lunches. This will make sure they stay fed. And with a lot of people out
by gshdg 7y ago
This is a crucial move. A LOT of kids in particular relied on school breakfasts and lunches. This will make sure they stay fed.
And with a lot of people out of work, unemployment offices backlogged, and a long turnaround time for SNAP eligibility (and many of the newly unemployed ineligible for it anyway), the alternatives would likely involve some combination of mass starvation and food riots that destroy grocery stores.
- throwaway894345 7y agoIn Chicago the schools are still handing out lunches to parents/kids to come and pick up.
- dysfunction 7y agoIt was already the case for several weeks in NY that school-age kids could pickup free packaged meals from any school, the change in this announcement is expanding that to include adults.