This is child abuse!!!-----MDHHS - Pandemic-EBT

To be clear.

• Pushing our children into the junkfood jungle!
• Almost EVERY public school student in MI is getting theses cards.
• They are distributed to the STUDENT, not their parents.
• They were pre-loaded with over $500, to make up for the time between when the decision was made for this idiocy and the state's ability to get the program going.
• The goal is satisfy HUNGER, not provide nutrition! Chips and candy satisfy "hunger".
• The cards will be loaded with new money ($100+/mo.) through June 2021.
• Most of the spending, by young teen-agers, won't be spent on broccoli.

DIAGUSTING!

MDHHS - Pandemic-EBT:
"P-EBT provides supplemental food assistance benefits to students who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The goal of the program is to make sure no child goes hungry by missing out on school meals.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Department of Education (MDE) partnered during the 2019-2020 school year to provide these critical benefits to over 900,000 students. 

We are excited to be partnering again for the 2020-2021 school year to provide these benefits to students to help reduce food insecurity.
The P-EBT program has specific eligibility requirements for both schools and students.
Eligible schools must:

• Be closed or have reduced in-person learning for at least 5 consecutive days in the current school year (beginning no earlier than September 9, 2020).
• Be a provider of the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program.

Eligible students must:

• Be enrolled in a Michigan school.
• Participate in a virtual or hybrid school schedule.
• Be eligible for free or reduced lunch or attend a Community Eligibility Provision school.

School Eligibility by School (PDF) ...Read all!