SNAP beneficiaries, food banks to get boost from stimulus
Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press (TNS)
Jan. 11, 2021
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Cars pull into the parking lot to get food Thursday at St. Anthony s community center on West Vernor in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less
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Milk and other items were given away to families during a food drive at St. Anthony s community center in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less
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LANSING More than a million Michiganders who receive federal food assistance will see extra benefits loaded onto their Bridge cards later this month and food banks and pantries across the state stand to get a much needed boost.
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Answer: Weâre moving closer to a vaccine against COVID-19 being available widely to the public. Scammers are aware of this and already taking advantage of it. Criminals are becoming increasingly savvy and are always looking to make quick cash through a variety of scams and phishing tactics often targeting the elderly.
The scam you mention is one of the latest. Calls appear on your caller ID to be coming from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to request donations. Itâs possible to make the call look as though itâs coming from a federal agency because there are downloadable apps that make it easy for someone to make a call appear to be coming from another phone number. Remember, federal agencies do not request donations from the general public.
The county is at an overall total of 23,404 cases since mid-March.
There were no additional COVID-19 related deaths reported Monday in Forsyth, keeping the total unchanged at 235.
Meanwhile, DHHS said there were 5,936 new cases statewide, compared with 8,833 reported Sunday and a record 11,581 reported Saturday.
The overall statewide total is at 629,124.
The number of COVID-19 related deaths reported Monday was 11, down drastically from a record 142 reported Sunday.
The state is in the midst of an expected surge in cases and hospitalizations stemming from recent holiday social gatherings. It typically takes seven to 10 days for COVID-19 symptoms to appear.
DHHS lists COVID-19 cases and deaths on the day they are confirmed by medical providers and public health officials, so individuals may have been infected or died days before their cases are counted.