Inside the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s facility in East Point Friday morning, dozens of volunteers hustled inside to organize piles of water bottles, juice cartons, peanut butter, and cans of soup. On the other side of the building, the beeps from the forklifts echoed throughout the corridors as food bank staff in blue and gray […]
Summer EBT
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Georgia Rejects Summer EBT, Leaving 1.2M Kids Without Food Aid
Georgia will not participate in a summer program that would help feed children in need as the state has failed to opt in prior to this year’s final deadline. Summer EBT, also known as Sun Bucks, provides qualifying families with $120 for each eligible child in their household for the summer months. Congress approved the […]