By Josh Mitchell/RMT NEWs
MADISON, WISC. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has approved his state’s plan for a summer feeding program for children and families.
Food insecurity for kids is at the heart of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, which Congress created.
“Making sure our kids have enough to eat is critical for supporting their success in and out of the classroom,” Evers said in a Thursday news release. “Unfortunately, when school is out, many families lose access to one of their most reliable sources of healthy meals.”
It provides grocery money to low-income families with children during the summer when the kids are out of school and away from the standard cafeteria breakfasts, lunches and snacks that fuel their minds and bodies.
