FOOD FIGHT. Georgia Democrats want to know why Gov. Brian Kemp is again refusing to participate in a federal summer meal program for students from poor families.
All seven of Georgia’s Democrats in Congress sent a letter to Kemp urging him to take the necessary steps so that Georgia families can participate in the program. It would give families a $40 benefit per child per month, totaling $120 for the summer when school is out.
Kemp spokesperson Garrison Douglas called that federal program a “pandemic-era, Biden administration program that lacks nutritional standards and fiscal accountability.”
He noted that Georgia has its own programs, including the Seamless Summer Option, which he said “provided millions of breakfast and lunch meals to students statewide last year.”
“We welcome the delegation to join the state in promoting the successful programs Georgia already has in place,” Douglas said.