{"id":24088,"date":"2024-08-09T11:16:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=24088"},"modified":"2024-08-09T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:16:10","slug":"sen-ossoff-urges-gov-kemp-to-reverse-course-accept-summer-school-lunch-funding-for-georgia-children-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-urges-gov-kemp-to-reverse-course-accept-summer-school-lunch-funding-for-georgia-children-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Urges Gov. Kemp to Reverse Course, Accept Summer\u00a0School\u00a0Lunch\u00a0Funding for Georgia Children in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

This spring, thousands of Georgia parents <\/em>petitioned the Governor<\/em><\/a> to reverse his decision & accept Federal funding for summer school lunches<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to 11Alive Atlanta<\/em><\/a>, nearly 64% of Georgia public school students qualify for free and reduced lunch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlanta, Ga. <\/strong>\u2014  For months, Governor Brian Kemp has faced backlash for refusing tens of millions of dollars to help Georgia children and their families afford lunch during the summer months. Today, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is calling on the Governor to change course and accept Federal funds to ensure Georgia children don\u2019t go hungry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Sen. Ossoff and members of Georgia\u2019s Congressional Delegation urged Gov. Kemp to reverse course and apply for next year\u2019s program so that Georgia children don\u2019t go hungry and can receive meals during the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gov. Kemp has until next Thursday, August 15, 2024, to submit initials plans to the USDA for next summer\u2019s program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCommitting to participate in Summer EBT in 2025 is a simple, commonsense step that will ensure that every child in our state, regardless of where they live, has access to food when they need it most,\u201d Sen. Ossoff and the group wrote.<\/strong> \u201cStates that refuse to participate in Summer EBT for unsubstantiated reasons are needlessly putting children in jeopardy during the summer months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a report<\/a> by the Food and Research Action Center, there are almost 1.2 million low-income children in Georgia who are automatically eligible for this benefit but cannot participate due to Gov. Kemp\u2019s decision to opt out of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter is also signed by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and Representatives Lucy McBath (GA-07), Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Nikema Williams (GA-05), Henry C. \u201cHank\u201d Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), and David Scott (GA-13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff and the Georgia Congressional Delegation\u2019s letter can be found aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This spring, thousands of Georgia parents petitioned the Governor to reverse his decision & accept Federal funding for summer school lunches According to 11Alive Atlanta, nearly 64% of Georgia public school students qualify for free and reduced lunch Atlanta, Ga. \u2014  For months, Governor Brian Kemp has faced backlash for refusing tens of millions of dollars to help Georgia […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24088","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24090,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24088\/revisions\/24090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}