Iowa will not participate this summer in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out, state officials have announced.

The state has notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it will not participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children — or Summer EBT — program, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education said in a Friday news release.

“Federal COVID-era cash benefit programs are not sustainable and don’t provide long-term solutions for the issues impacting children and families. An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic,” Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in the news release.

  • Neuromancer@lemm.eeM
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    14
    ·
    1 year ago

    No they don’t. Abortion is allowed till week 20 is inline with most blue states.

    Nobody denies them resources. They can get a job like anyone else and pay for their children.

      • Neuromancer@lemm.eeM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        13
        ·
        1 year ago

        What you said is false. Abortion is legal until week 20.

        The rest is emotional word vomit.

        How are people denied resources to care for their children ? We don’t allow them to have jobs? It’s their job to pay for their children