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From YouTube: Food Debit Card Program 7-29-20
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City of Chelsea
www.chelseama.gov
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And
the
chelsea
collaborative
mobilized,
a
comprehensive
community
response
effort
particularly
focused
on
economic
and
food
security,
as
well
as
housing,
mental
health
communications
and
other
areas
that
were
important
to
residents
over
the
last
four
months.
The
city
has
run
an
emergency
food
program
that
consists
of
multiple
key
points.
Most
notably,
we
run
each
day,
a
pop-up
pantry
that
serves
residents
with
one
box
of
healthy,
fresh
groceries
that
are
suitable
for
a
household
for
up
to
a
week.
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Food
debit
card
will
be
divided
into
three
distinct
phases.
First,
the
initiative
will
focus
on
enrolling
residents
who
are
eligible
in
programs
like
snap
and
width
over
the
course
of
august.
The
city
will
be
employing
a
contractor
who
will
assist
our
staff
with
enrolling
residents
in
these
public
assistance
programs
if
they
qualify.
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So
the
program
will
have
income
limits,
so
residents
who
make
up
to
30
of
the
area
median
income
and
I'll
dive
into
what
those
income
limits
are
in
just
a
couple
of
minutes,
we'll
be
eligible
to
apply,
only
chelsea
residents
will
be
eligible
and
you
must
submit
a
completed
application
with
all
the
information.
That's
requested
our
staff
and
the
contractor
will
be
hired
and
will
be
able
to
assist
you
with
applications
or
assist
your
family
members
or
friends,
with
filling
up
the
forms
and
providing
any
information,
that's
necessary.
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Then,
because
the
program
is
temporary,
it
will
not
constitute
a
public
charge
and
we
will
not
be
checking
on
whether
there
is
legal
residency
or
anything
to
do
with
immigration
status
for
residents
that
meet
many
of
the
preference
categories.
That
answer,
questions
that
pertain
to
having
children,
whether
they
have
seniors
in
the
household
and
whether
they're
eligible
for
public
benefits,
will
receive
an
application
with
a
higher
score.
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We'll
also
be
sharing
the
link
to
the
application
with
our
community
partners,
and
then
applications
can
also
be
filled
up
by
calling
our
311
operators
will
be
able
to
fill
out
the
application
with
you
over
the
phone.
So
if
you
don't
have
any
access
to
a
computer
or
internet,
currently
you
can
call
3-1-1
and
they
can
help
you
fill
it
out.
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Each
card
will
have
no
personal,
identifying
information
on
it,
they're
simply
going
to
be
debit
cards.
That'll,
look
similar
to
what
a
bank
or
atm
or
credit
card
looks
like,
except
it
will
just
have
a
number
on.
It
won't
have
any
name
any
address
or
any
other
personal
information,
so
that
card
will
be
mailed
out
to
the
recipient.
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So
the
partnerships
will
allow
business
to
receive
certain
benefits.
You
know,
one
of
the
main
benefits
of
becoming
a
formal
partner
in
the
chelsea
eats
program
will
be
sort
of
promotions
and
marketing.
So
when
the
city
will
send
out
the
gift
cards
or
the
debit
cards
to
each
of
the
recipients,
we'll
provide
you
with
a
list
of
vendors
and
retailers
that
have
chosen
to
partner
with
the
program,
so
those
recipients
will
know
that
they
can
go
to
that
store,
that's
in
their
neighborhood
or
close
by
and
use
the
car.
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So
otherwise,
in
terms
of
timing,
so
starting
tomorrow
we're
going
to
have
a
formal
application
launch
so
right
now
we
are
gearing
up
to
be
able
to
assist
residents
with
applications
at
our
neighborhood
pop-up
pantries.
So
if
you
are
interested
in
applying,
you
can
go
to
one
of
the
neighborhood
pop-up
pantries
and
work
with
our
staff
on
the
application.
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We
want
to
ensure
that
any
resident
that
is
hungry
no
matter
what
your
income,
no
matter,
your
immigration
status,
has
access
to
food
so
over
the
next
month.
In
addition
to
deploying
this
new
card
program,
I
will
also
be
working
with
those
pantries
on
their
programs
and
methods
to
strengthen
and
bolster
them,
so
otherwise
that
really
concludes
sort
of
like
the
overview
of
the
art
program.
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Sure
so,
as
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
the
the
meeting,
so
we'll
have
income
limits
that
are
instituted
as
part
of
this
program,
so
the
income
limit
for
this
program
is
30
of
the
area
median
income.
So
when
you
look
at
the
application,
you'll
see
that
we'll
have
a
table
in
it
that
shows
the
income
limits
depending
on
your
household
size.
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So
first
you
should
calculate
how
many
people
are
in
your
household.
So
how
many
are
your
sort
of
immediate
sort
of
family
members,
your
spouse,
your
children
and
so
on?
Then
you
should
calculate
your
gross
annual
income,
so
gross
annual
income
means
that
it's
income
from
your
employment
income
from
any
types
of
retirement
or
investments
or
assets,
income
from
any
public
benefits,
including
unemployment,
assistance
or
types
of
supplemental
assistance.
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So
if
you
have
any
questions
on
how
to
precisely
calculate
income
or
if
anything
is
confusing
or
unclear,
it's
a
really
complicated
formula,
often
times
and
our
staff
even
kind
of
find
themselves
unsure
of
what
counts.
And
what
doesn't.
So.
I
encourage
you
to
call
our
staff
and
we
can
help
you
finally
calculate
the
income
for
your
household.
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Excellent,
so,
as
I,
as
I
mentioned,
we'll
be
holding
another
community
meeting
tomorrow
evening
in
the
interim,
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have,
and
then
we
really
look
forward
to
launching
this
program
and
being
able
to
serve
chelsea
residents
through
it.
As
I
said
earlier
on
the
presentation,
we
are
actively
fundraising
for
the
program,
so
we
hope
that
we're
able
to
secure
additional
grant
funding
and
additional
resources
from
different
non-profits
and
foundations
in
order
to
continue
this
program
for
as
long
as
possible.
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So
right
now
we
have
funding
for
about
two
months
that
the
city
will
be
contributing
through.
Our
federal
cares
act,
funding
that
is
to
be
used
for
profit,
19
pandemic
response,
but
we
are
working
with
our
staff
to
pursue
all
avenues
of
funding,
because
we
know
how
critical
this
program
can
be
for
residents.