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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: CARES Funding for Pandemic
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A
B
Before
the
pandemic,
we
were
doing
about
200
meals
a
week
and
that
went
up
to
250
in
a
matter
of
a
few
short
weeks.
I
mean
these
are
people
who
are
older
and
you
know
homebound
for
meals
on
wheels.
We
also
deliver
to
other
folks,
so
we
were
doing
about
six
thousand
meals
a
month,
and
now
it's
it's
fourteen
thousand
meals
a
month.
We're
also,
of
course,
doing
a
lot
of
meals
and
food
is
being
provided
through
a
lot
of
other
groups
as
well.
B
There's
the
coalition
for
hunger,
free
arlington,
a
lot
of
the
PTAs
are
stepping
up,
but
we
do
have.
This
cares
act
funding
and
that
there's
a
you
know
and
I
think
it'll
keep
coming
to
us,
because
we've
got
this
20
million
dollar
pot.
But
then
we
have
to
vote
to
make
clear
where
it
goes
and
we
have
to
account
for
it
and
make
sure
that
we
do
that
correctly,
so
that
we
can,
we
can
get
reimbursed
for
it.
So
it's
yeah
we're
we're
really
redoing
what
we've
been
doing.
B
One
of
the
things
I
spoke
to
the
chamber
about
I
realized.
You
know
when
people
are
asking
how
we're
doing
one
of
the
things
that
has
been
so
heartening
for
me
to
to
see
here
in
Arlington
is
that
we
have
a
pretty
good
safety
net.
We
might
not
have
called
it
robust
it
size,
but
we
had
systems
in
place
to
help
people
with
rent
to
help
people
with
food
to
help
people
with
health
and
what
we're
doing,
rather
than
having
to
reinvent
you
know,
invent
everything
and
make
it
up
all
at
once.
B
We're
simply
putting
more
resources
in
so
the
Coalition
for
hunger.
Free
Arlington
came
up
because
you
know
we
needed
to
coordinate
more.
We
had
so
many
different
groups,
but
that's
what
I'm
seeing
it's
really.
Thank
heavens,
we
have
we're
the
kind
of
community
we
are
and
we
had
all
of
those
systems
sort
of
in
place
and
we
just
needed
to
grow
them,
and
you
know
and
stand
them
up
more
anyway.
I,
don't
know
your
your
new
I
hear
that,
but
I
know
you've
been
very
involved
with
our
nonprofits
as
well
sure.
C
C
On
the
other
side,
we
have
worked
with
the
co-operative
her
103
Arlington
has
worked
with
our
public
schools
to
have
nine
sites
and
seek
to
to
feed
our
students
and
our
children
even
over
the
summer,
which
historically
is
one
of
the
hardest
times
to
make
sure
we
meet
the
hunger
needs
that
that
even
Arlington
has
so
we're
investing
in
our
safety
net.
You
mentioned
hunger,
there's
health
and
housing.
Those
are
really
basic
needs
and
on
health,
we're
continuing
to
invest
in
testing,
and
that's
part
of
where
some
of
our
quote
our
cares
act.
C
Federal
funding
is
going
and
then
on
housing.
We're
also
continuing
to
put
money
regularly
to
prevent
evictions
through
Arlington
thrive,
which
is
another
component
of
our
safety
net.
So
we
both
have
the
individual
statistics
to
really
show
what
we're
doing
to
expand
our
safety
net.
But
if
you
listen
to
each
of
us
on
the
board
and
Counting
staff,
leadership,
we're
focusing
on
those
in
need-
and
there
are
more
of
those
in
need
right
now-.