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Jeffco Public Schools students get some help paying for lunch thanks to grant

A $500,000 grant to Jeffco Public Schools will help provide free meals for students. In Jefferson County, 28% of the district's 70,000 students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.

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The grant will help more than 1,000 students in the community for the rest of the school year. The grant was made possible by the Community First Foundation.

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