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Hunger is rising for Kentucky kids.
In addition to passing a broad relief bill that helps families make ends meet, Congress must not leave town until they extend Pandemic-EBT, providing grocery money to families for missed school meals. https://kypolicy.org/more-kentuckians-are-hungry-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-congress-must-do-more/
In addition to passing a broad relief bill that helps families make ends meet, Congress must not leave town until they extend Pandemic-EBT, providing grocery money to families for missed school meals. https://kypolicy.org/more-kentuckians-are-hungry-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-congress-must-do-more/
540,000 KY students received grocery $ through P-EBT, reducing kids' food insecurity while schools are closed last spring. But P-EBT ends Sept 30.
Without further action from Congress, families will be left on their own in this health & economic crisis. https://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/the_effect_of_pandemic_ebt_on_measures_of_food_hardship
Without further action from Congress, families will be left on their own in this health & economic crisis. https://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/the_effect_of_pandemic_ebt_on_measures_of_food_hardship
Kentucky families are on the brink. One in every five kids is food insecure, or uncertain where the next meal will come from. COVID-19 has already destroyed a decade of progress reducing hunger, and the pandemic and recession are ongoing. https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2020-09-10/hunger-food-nutrition/pandemic-destroys-decade-of-progress-ending-food-insecurity/a71407-1
Failing to extend P-EBT will leave families with fewer options to make sure kids get enough to eat this school year.
Congress must act now to extend P-EBT. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/congressional-inaction-exacerbates-hardship
Congress must act now to extend P-EBT. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/congressional-inaction-exacerbates-hardship
