Seattle to give additional $1 million in grocery vouchers to families in need
On March 16, Mayor Jenny A Durkan announced that the City would provide $5 million in grocery vouchers to help families impacted by COVID-19.
On Tuesday, she’s announced an update to the voucher program, which will provide an additional 1,000 families with vouchers of $800 to purchase food, cleaning supplies, and other household goods at Safeway stores in Washington.
The updated voucher program is made possible from a $1 million donation by Oak View Group and NHL Seattle.
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From the OVG and NHL Seattle donation, $800,000 will go towards the United Way of King County to support the Office of Sustainability and Environment’s expanded grocery program which is currently given to those enrolled in City-supported child care and food assistance programs.
The remaining $200,000 of the funding will go towards a grant which helps support the operation of 21 Seattle Center non-profit tenants including:
- A/NT Gallery
- Book-It Repertory Theatre
- Cornish College of the Arts
- KCTS/Cascade Media
- KEXP
- Classical KING-FM
- MoPOP
- Northwest Folklife
- Pacific Northwest Ballet
- Pacific Science Center
- Pottery Northwest
- Seattle Children’s Museum
- Seattle Children’s Theatre
- Seattle Opera
- Seattle Rep
- Seattle Shakespeare Company
- Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
- Skate Like a Girl
- Teen Tix
- Theatre Puget Sound
- The VERA Project.
The City will continue fundraising with the goal of providing an additional 1,000 recently displaced workers grocery vouchers.