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Union County has been awarded $31,023 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, according to Alexis Alexander, executive director of the United Way of Union County.

Union County’s award is based on the total number of unemployed in the county, as compared to the total number of unemployed in all qualifying areas. The United Way of Union County provides the administrative staffing. A local board determines how the funding will be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area.

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