Grocery benefits for NM kids released after federal delay
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AI Briefing
- • New Mexico's SUN Bucks program to start distributing $120 per child in grocery benefits on June 15.
- • Nearly 293,000 children will receive the benefits, helping eligible families cover summer grocery costs.
- • Funding delay was the cause of the initial holdup, now resolved with the program's restart.
Source Summary
SANTA FE — Summer grocery benefits held up by a federal funding delay will begin reaching nearly 293,000 New Mexico children on June 15, with eligible families set to receive $120 per child through the state's SUN Bucks program.
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