Katie Hobbs: “The amount of dollars in the contingency fund is about half…”

“I have told DES Director Weishart this is a top priority. We need to get these benefits as soon as possible. But we still have to understand the guidance coming from usda. The amount of dollars in the contingency fund is about half of what's needed for the full month of November. So people that get those benefits, it will just be around half of. So what the state has done, we have tried to do everything we can to mitigate.” (02:51–02:58)

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