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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Republican governors in 15 states are turning down food money for 8 million children

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Republican governors in more than a dozen states are shutting out more than 8 million children from a new federal food assistance program to support lower-income families this summer.

Thirty-five states, including 13 states with GOP governors, have enrolled in the plan, which provides an additional $120 per child to buy food during the summer months when such assistance is not available in schools, where many American children rely on free or reduced lunch programs.

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