California to give poor families an extra $365 per child to spend on food, while allowing grocery purchases from Amazon and Walmart.com

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• California families will receive up to $365 per child under an initiative announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
• Households on food stamps, with children who receive free or reduced-cost lunches at school, will automatically receive the benefit. Others will need to apply online.
• The money can now be used on Amazon and Walmart.com, the governor said.
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Families struggling to put food on the table will receive up to $365 per child in the coming months, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, the same day he announced that schools could reopen as soon as July.

Until schools reopen, children who relied on school cafeterias for free or reduced-cost lunch — about 3.8 million, according to the California Department of Social Services — require assistance.

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