Food Stamp Rolls Increase
More than 200 east Ventura County residents have qualified for more than $60,000 in emergency food stamps since the county began accepting applications from quake victims this week, county welfare officials said Thursday.
Few cases of attempted fraud have been reported.
By noon Thursday, 226 individuals and families had qualified for the emergency stamps to purchase a month’s worth of food, with another 69 applications pending, said James E. Isom, director of the county Public Social Services Agency.
Social service workers declared just 37 of the 326 applications ineligible to receive food stamps.
Applications are being accepted at the First Assembly of God Church at 703 Central Ave. in Fillmore and at the East Valley Courthouse at 3855-F Alamo St. in Simi Valley. The centers are open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Applications are also being accepted at the Piru Community Center, 802 Orchard Lane, from 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
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