About 1.4 million people face hunger in Ohio, including 412,000 children.
“This should not be a Democrat or Republican issue to make sure people can eat because if we care about economic development, if we care about workforce shortage, how can people do any of that without eating?” asked state Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney, D-Westlake.
Advocates are calling on legislatures to offer a Senior Food Incentive for seniors on SNAP to up their state minimum to $50 a month, instead of $23.School lunches Kim Eckhart, interim director of the Children’s Defense Fund Ohio, said while it would be ideal to have a universal school meal program, an alternative idea would be making breakfast free at schools.
“Comparatively, for what we’re talking about , it isn’t that much money,” Sweeney said. “Clearly, it’s not that much money if we can do an unnecessary election with it.” Even though the free school meals was through the federal government, she said she would love to see the state government enact something similar.
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