(NAFB) – The Department of Agriculture Monday announced a new effort funded by the American Rescue Plan to provide adequate nutrition to more than 30 million children over the summer.
The effort expands the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT benefits. USDA says summer months are difficult for low-income children because they lack access to school meals that fill a nutrition gap during the school year. This summer, USDA will offer P-EBT benefits to low-income children of all ages.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says, “The expansion of P-EBT benefits over the summer is a first-of-its-kind, game-changing intervention to reduce child hunger in the United States.”
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