FL Won’t Take $248M In Food Relief For Poor Children

The Orlando Sentinel reports:

Time is running out for Florida to opt into a new federal program that would provide $248 million to help feed 2 million children next summer who might otherwise go hungry. But it isn’t likely to happen as the state agency best equipped to run the program said it wouldn’t be pursuing the funding for it.

Sky Beard, Florida director of No Kid Hungry, called DCF’s decision “incredibly disappointing.” More than three-quarters of Floridians reported it was harder to buy food this year than last, she said, and summer is the hungriest time of the year when children lose access to consistent and nutritious food provided by their schools.

Read the full article. Nebraska has made the same decision.

Unbelievable & inexcusable: ‘Florida unlikely to seek $248 million in federal aid to feed hungry children’ https://t.co/HOOuBsDTk3

— Florida House Democrats (@FLHouseDems) December 22, 2023