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Reynolds blames childhood obesity on decision not to feed poor kids
https://iowastartingline.com/2023/12/22/reynolds-blames-childhood-obesity-on-decision-not-to-feed-poor-kids/
Iowa won’t participate in a federal program to feed underprivileged kids next summer, and Gov. Kim Reynolds cited “childhood obesity” as one of the reasons why.
The state had until Jan. 1 to apply to the US Department of Agriculture’s Summer EBT program that would have provided Iowa with about $29 million in federal funding to feed about 240,000 kids over the summer months when school is out.
In exchange for the funding, Iowa would have to split the costs of administering the program to the tune of about $2.2 million.
“Federal COVID-era cash benefit programs are not sustainable and don’t provide long-term solutions for the issues impacting children and families,” Reynolds said in a release. “An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.”
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https://iowastartingline.com/2023/12/22/reynolds-blames-childhood-obesity-on-decision-not-to-feed-poor-kids/
Iowa won’t participate in a federal program to feed underprivileged kids next summer, and Gov. Kim Reynolds cited “childhood obesity” as one of the reasons why.
The state had until Jan. 1 to apply to the US Department of Agriculture’s Summer EBT program that would have provided Iowa with about $29 million in federal funding to feed about 240,000 kids over the summer months when school is out.
In exchange for the funding, Iowa would have to split the costs of administering the program to the tune of about $2.2 million.
“Federal COVID-era cash benefit programs are not sustainable and don’t provide long-term solutions for the issues impacting children and families,” Reynolds said in a release. “An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.”
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