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Florida Politics reports:
Florida Democrats are piling on Gov. Ron DeSantis with demands he reverse his “appalling” decision not to reenlist the state in a pandemic-era program to bring federal food aid to 2.1 million children from low-income homes. Through his inaction, they said, DeSantis is blocking Florida’s neediest families from getting about $820 million in child food aid, which they could spend at local grocery stores and markets at a time when many families are suffering.
The USDA extended P-EBT through this summer under President Joe Biden and allowed it to continue afterward, enabling states that hadn’t signed up yet to do so during the regular 2021-22 school year. This time, Florida didn’t apply. The result has been a $375 shortfall per eligible child over the summer, with kids losing $2.26 for breakfast, $3.60 for lunch, and $1 for a snack daily.
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UPDATE: It appears Florida is now the only state not participating in this federal program to feed kids in low-income families.
Every other state has applied. @GovRonDeSantis hasn’t, even though it gives $375 for food for each kid, no strings attached.https://t.co/Q5xFYd0ptB
— Lawrence Mower (@lmower3) September 9, 2021
It’s unacceptable that Florida is now the only state that hasn’t signed up for the federal funding we passed in our COVID relief plan to ensure that children don’t go hungry. Playing politics with hungry children is simply cruel.
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) September 9, 2021