Idaho has decided not to participate in a federal program that would have provided $14.8 million to feed low-income students during the summer, a decision that impacts about 123,000 children in need, according to the Food Research and Action Center.
Idaho opts out of nearly $15 million that would feed children this summer. Why?
3 years ago by xuxebiko to c/politics
SpunkyBarnes 1 point 3 years ago
Once birthed? Promptly forgotten.
Madison_rogue 9 points 3 years ago
Life begins at conception, and ends at birth
doc 10 points 3 years ago
Sounds like government dysfunction rather than a conscious policy decision.
It’s unclear who ultimately decided Idaho would reject the funding and why. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, one of two agencies that would have had to implement P-EBT, pinned the decision on the Idaho State Department of Education. The Department of Education blames the administration of former Superintendent Sherri Ybarra, who was voted out last year. Ybarra did not respond to requests for comment.
Idaho used these funds before, but even then limited it to kids under 6 years because anything more was too hard to administer (my summary).
xuxebiko 4 points 3 years ago
Government inaction influenced by coservative christianss who equate feeding hungry children ith communism, and geared to creating a desperate labour pool of child workers.
ISometimesAdmin 4 points 3 years ago
@xuxebiko Their GOP members likely weren't able to find a way to embezzle it easily enough.
xuxebiko 2 points 3 years ago
Could be. Or may be they want to create a labour pool of desperate & hungry children.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/...
or maybe both.
Entropywins 2 points 3 years ago
Idaho gop investing in 123,000 tiny bootstraps to give to the kiddos...
xuxebiko 2 points 3 years ago
Readying children for child labour
originalucifer 2 points 3 years ago
because people have an innate ability to be pricks to people they are not in direct contact with
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