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 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.
Sounds like government dysfunction rather than a conscious policy decision.
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).
Government inaction influenced by coservative christianss who equate feeding hungry children ith communism, and geared to creating a desperate labour pool of child workers.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/04/12/kids-at-work-states-try-to-ease-child-labor-laws-at-behest-of-industry/