Florida governor didn’t take $250m in federal funds for EBT program this year. Some worry next year will follow suit
Florida governor didn’t take $250m in federal funds for EBT program this year – some worry he’ll follow suit for next year’s “shameful” rejection of a federal food aid program left countless families struggling to feed their children this summer, according to advocates who fear the Republican is about to turn down help for next year too., would have given disadvantaged families $120 per child to help pay for groceries during June, July and August while schools are out.
“He should just come to the pantry on food distribution day and see the line. But they don’t want to talk about it, and the pattern is if they don’t talk about it then it doesn’t exist. If they think that people are not suffering, people are not feeling it, that it’s not hurting, then they’re not living the reality.”
“We anticipate that our state’s full approach to serving children will continue to be successful this year without any additional federal programs that inherently always come with some federal strings attached,” she said.They also point out that a preloaded debit card allows families freedom to purchase the groceries they want at a time and place of their choosing, and not be tied to food giveaways at restricted times and venues.
Beard said Florida did “a great job in challenging circumstances” administering a pandemic EBT program, and that discussions had taken place with the governor’s office to try to persuade DeSantis to meet the 15 August deadline for the summer 2025 program.
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