US EditionState: Insufficient Planning, Funding Pauses Summer Meals Program
- Indiana Gov. Mike Braun announced that hungry Hoosier schoolchildren will not access the summer meals program in 2025 due to insufficient planning.
- The lack of planning happened under Gov. Eric Holcomb's administration, which failed to provide clear direction and finalize contracts before 2025.
- Last year, 669,000 children qualified for food benefits and received an additional $120 totaling roughly $80 million during summer school closures.
- Oversight costs for Indiana’s Summer EBT program would be about $3.7 million, but a projected $2 billion state revenue shortfall contributed to opting out.
- The absence of the program implies children will miss needed support this summer, while USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins encourages states to tailor programs to their needs.
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FSSA secretary: Braun administration ‘inherited a mess’
INDIANAPOLIS — When it comes to the Family and Social Services Administration — which oversees Medicaid alongside other state programs like child care subsidies — Gov. Mike Braun “inherited a mess,” FSSA Secretary Mitch Roob said Friday.
Insufficient planning, funding pause summer meals program, state officials say
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s second-in-command, along with a key executive branch agency, pointed to a lack of planning under Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration as the reason hungry Hoosier schoolchildren won’t be able to use a summer meals program.
State: insufficient planning, funding pauses summer meals program
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s second-in-command, along with a key executive branch agency, pointed to a lack of planning under Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration as the reason hungry Hoosier schoolchildren won’t be able to use a summer meals program.
Indiana: Insufficient planning, funding pauses summer meals program
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s second-in-command, along with a key executive branch agency, pointed to a lack of planning under Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration as the reason hungry Hoosier schoolchildren won’t be able to use a summer meals program.
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