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Oklahoma, one of the worst states in the country for child hunger, has rejected a federal program that would have provided food for low-income children over the summer.The summer EBT benefits program launched nationwide in 2023, after being pilot-tested for a few years. Under the program, eligible families would have received $40 per eligible child, per month, in the form of a pre-loaded card that can be used to buy groceries. The benefits work in conjunction with other food aid programs such as

The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations will offer the program to eligible Native and non-Native children on their reservations.

Iowa and Nebraska reject U.S. money for a summer chidren's food program even though the federal government is picking up the tab.

“I don’t believe in welfare,” Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said of declining a federal program that would feed food-insecure children in the summer of 2024.

CNN — Several Russian celebrities have faced severe backlash after appearing scantily clad at an "almost nude" themed party in Moscow. The country is at

Experts estimate more than two-thirds 68% of the global population over the age of 10 years old is lactose intolerant, with specific ethnic and racial groups more prone to suffer

Iowa won't participate in a federal program to provide children with $40 a month in food assistance during the summer. Child obesity listed as issue.

TALLAHASSEE — 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. “We anticipate that our state’s full approach to serving children will ...

A federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, a group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska said. The lawmakers want to expand a federal commercial fishing occupational safety program that funds research and training. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who is one of the lawmakers pushing for the change, said expanding the program would help fishermen access more safety training a...

A survey conducted by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration shows over 100 school districts have yet to receive final approval from the State Department of Education on federal program funding.