Arkansas opts into new federal food assistance program for children during summer break
- Google-News-Wire
- January 4, 2024
- arkansas department of education
- Arkansas department of human services
- arkansas hunger relief alliance
- Consolidated Appropriations Act
- EBT
- food stamps
- free and reduced price lunch
- jim pillen
- John Boozman
- kathy webb
- Kevin Stitt
- Kim Reynolds
- kristi putnam
- national school lunch program
- Non-Congregate Summer Meal Service
- nutrition assistance
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- summer EBT
- usda
- WIC
Arkansas will participate in a federal program providing food assistance for children during summer break from school this year, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday. Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, or Summer EBT, will provide $120 in food benefits for each Arkansas child eligible for the National School Lunch Program, a U.S. Department of Agriculture service […]
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