Summer Ebt Program

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Mrs. McBATH. Madam Speaker, when school lets out and the heat of summer comes, the promise of daily meals falls away for too many children.

Last year, summer meal programs in Georgia failed to serve one-third of our counties and reached less than 15 percent of eligible children.

The Federal summer EBT program fills in the gaps for hardworking parents who some nights might take less for themselves so there is enough to go around the table.

I have led three letters to the Governor of Georgia to encourage him to accept the Federal dollars that would give every eligible child access to summer meals. We have received no substantive response.

The next deadline is this Saturday.

Without this program, kids in Georgia might have to rely on only half a sandwich from a friend at the park picnic table or, God forbid, go without.

Please don't let Georgia families be left out again this summer.

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