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NJ kids who missed out on school meals due to COVID will get special food assistance benefits.

Nearly 300,000 New Jerseyans who are eligible for food stamps aren’t enrolled in the program, according to a new report from Hunger Free New Jersey.

Murphy signs legislation that extends the statute of limitations for civil suits.

As the partial government shutdown has entered a 4th week, New Jersey is releasing SNAP benefits a bit early for Feb. But, families were cautioned to budget.

According to the group's report released Wednesday, about 800,000 New Jersey residents depend on SNAP, also known as food stamps, to afford groceries.

The move by Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is in response to the 114,000-plus Essex County residents on food stamps as of June 2017 — 5,000 in the South Ward alone.

Four lawmakers, seeking to improve what they called New Jersey's "chronically poor performance" in administering the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, have introduced a three-bill package of legislation aimed at addressing the problem of delays in the SNAP application process.

Come Nov. 1, the average family of four in New Jersey and across the country that receive food stamps will bring in about $36 less in monthly benefits as the temporary increase to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) runs out.

Nearly one million New Jerseyans will see a cut in their federal food assistance benefits this fall, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expires on October 31.

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