The answer should be obvious: Of course not. This turns welfare on its head.
Welfare is supposed to serve as a safety net for those in need. But the Biden administration and some legislators would like to turn the needs-based federal school meal programs into a blanket entitlement: free school meals for all.
The push for universal free school meals isn’t new. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 created a controversial provision known as the community eligibility provision a key component of the free-for-all school meal movement.
It allows schools or school districts with just 40% of its student population eligible for certain federal welfare programs to provide free meals for all of its students, regardless of whether the students come from low-income families.
School will serve breakfast and lunches to all kids at Waxahachie campus beginning June 7
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Bringing healthy summer meals to children ensures kids have a healthy vacation and return to school ready to learn. Faith Family Academy will begin its summer meal program on June 7.
From June 7 to July 16, Faith Family will serve breakfast and lunch free to all children younger than 19 years at no cost to the child. Our summer feeding program is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s summer nutrition program administered in the Lone Star State by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA).
Second round of R-EBT coming to eligible Louisiana children
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The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has received federal approval to distribute a second round of Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits to eligible families.
P-EBT benefits will start rolling out in the summer to qualifying households with children in grades K-12 (including pre-K students in public and some private schools).
Students are eligible to receive P-EBT if they would normally receive free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, but haven’t been receiving those meals during the 2020-21 school year because their school is closed or they are on a fully virtual or hybrid learning schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal Communications Commission program offers $50 credit for internet services to income-eligible households. 9:35 am, May 13, 2021 ×
Families struggling to make ends meet can get a break on the cost of internet with the help of the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
Charter Communications Inc. announced Wednesday, May 12, that it is participating in the program as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to help close the digital divide.
Millions of households across Charter’s 41-state operating area are eligible for a credit up to $50 per month, up to $75 for households on tribal lands, toward qualifying Spectrum internet plans for the duration of the program.