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Community Voices: St. Pete Free Clinic to offer increased access to nutrition

With the acute phases of Covid diminishing, Covid-related funding and aid are also diminishing. However, worsening economic conditions are keeping the need for basic supports and services as high as the early months of Covid when the economy shut down. Far from being able to return to pre-Covid levels of service, the St. Pete Free Clinic finds itself needing to step up even more.

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