WE'RE ANSWERING YOUR CORONAVIRUS
QUESTIONS EACH WEEKNIGHT ON NEWS
5
AT 10.
LEAVE US A MESSAGE ON NEWS 5'S
CORONAVIRUS HOTLINE AT
251-662-3055. HERE IS THE
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
LATAKOO--> COVID QUESTION MAY 22
"Could you tell me if there's
going to be an increase in
food stamps next month or not?"
CHERISH LOMBARD JOINS US LIVE
FROM
HER HOME WITH AN ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION...
I REACHED OUT TO THE ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO GET AN
ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.
THE EMAIL I RECEIVED IN RETURN
SAYS, "ALL
SNAP RECIPIENTS WILL BE RAISED
TO THE
MAXIMUM ALLOTMENT AGAIN FOR MAY.
THOSE
BENEFITS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON
JUNE
1ST."
I'M TOLD THIS IS TECHNICALLY FOR
THE
MONTH OF MAY, BUT RECIPIENTS
DON'T GET
EXTRA BENEFIT UNTIL THE END OF
THE
MONTH.
I ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE ALLOTMENT
FOR
NEXT MONTH, AND I'M TOLD A
DECISION HAS
NOT YET BEEN MADE.
ALABAMA'S CURRENT SNAP
RECIPIENTS ARE
GETTING AN INCREASE IN BENEFITS
DUE TO
THE CORONAVIRUS-- SOME FAMILIES
WITH
CHILDREN WHO DIDN'T RECEIVE FOOD
STAMPS
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC QUALIFY
FOR
BENEFITS, TOO.
.. CALL 251-662-3055 AND LEAVE A
MESSAGE ON
THE WKRG NEWS 5 CORONAVIRUS
HOTLINE
WHEN YOU HAVE A COVID-19
QUESTION.
WE'LL CONTINUE GETTING ANSWERS
TO
YOU ON NEWS 5 AT 10, EACH
WEEKNIGHT.
CHERISH LOMBARD, WKRG NEWS 5.
TIME NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS
IT WAS GRADUATION NIGHT FOR THE
