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CWDA Applauds Lawsuit Demanding the Federal Government Tap Emergency Reserves to Keep Americans from Going Hungry
California has joined more than two dozen states in suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its refusal to use emergency reserves to fund the nation’s food stamp program

Sacramento, CA – The County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA) of California issued the following statement from Executive Director Carlos Marquez III today on more than two dozen states, including California, filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for its refusal to use emergency reserves to fund the SNAP program, known in California as CalFresh, beginning November 1: