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Governor Abbott, HHSC Announce $1.4 Billion In Pandemic Food Benefits For Texas Families
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a fifth round of federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefits for Texas families with children who temporarily lost access to federally funded summer meal programs due to COVID-19.
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Governor Abbott, HHSC Announce Extension Of Emergency SNAP Benefits For September 2022
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $344.9 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of September.
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Kolkhorst's bill to tackle foster care crisis passes Texas Senate, heads to House committee
The Texas Senate’s top child-welfare policy writer says the state has waited long enough to resolve its foster care overcapacity crisis and that she and other top state leaders are backing community-based care.
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Texas health care practitioners train to recognize victims of human trafficking
In the fight against human trafficking, healthcare practitioners stand on the frontlines, ever more so during the COVID-19 pandemic when there are fewer opportunities for signs of human trafficking to be noticed by the general public.
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Texas to distribute larger SNAP benefits starting this month
Recent federal legislation will increase emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits in January for Texas recipients.