An Alabama Senate committee has voted to set aside money to allow the state to reverse course and participate in a federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school-age children.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama Senate committee on Tuesday voted to set aside money so that the state can reverse course and Alabama was one of 14 states that declined to participate in the Summer EBT, or Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children . It provides families $40 per month to spend on groceries for each child who receives free or reduced-price school lunches during the school year.
The Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee voted to allocate $10 million to the Education Trust Fund so the state can participate next year. The spending bill now moves to the full Senate for review.. Congress in 2022 made the program permanent effective this summer. States split the program’s administrative costs, but the federal government pays for the food benefits.
LaTrell Clifford Wood, a hunger policy analyst with Alabama Arise, said the program “will help reduce food insecurity for more than 500,000 Alabama children.” “These benefits will help ensure that children can continue getting the nutritious food they need when school meals are unavailable,” Clifford Wood said.
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