Seattle officials will provide more than 6,000 families with $800 each in grocery vouchers for Safeway stores as Washington state's biggest city faces the coronavirus crisis, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Monday.
The $5 million program will benefit"eligible families who are currently enrolled in City-supported child care programs and food assistance programs," Durkan said in a statement."As schools and child care facilities close, we need to do everything we can to support families and ensure they can put food on the table," the mayor said.
Read More"I am heartened the City will be able to provide assistance for our most vulnerable families, regardless of status, to food access," Council President Lorena González said in the statement.Washington has been among hardest hit US states, with more than 900 "presumptive positive" cases by early Tuesday, which trailed only New York's more than 1,300 cases. The state has already mandated closures of all schools across the state.
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