{"id":51914,"date":"2025-05-24T01:41:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=51914"},"modified":"2025-05-23T23:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T03:48:49","slug":"federal-funding-for-summer-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/federal-funding-for-summer-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Funding For Summer Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/10\/15\/state-insurer-makes-changes-after-audit\/kynect\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kynect.jpg?fit=209%2C139&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"209,139\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kynect\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kynect.jpg?fit=209%2C139&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kynect.jpg?resize=125%2C116\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"116\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1400\" \/><br \/>\nThanks to approval by the federal government, healthy meals will continue to be provided to 450,000 Kentucky children while school is out this summer.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Each eligible student will receive a one-time benefit of $120 to purchase nutritious food throughout the summer. Support comes through the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2024, the program will automatically enroll students six to 18 years old who are current recipients of SNAP, KTAP, or Kinship Care benefits, as well as children attending schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.<\/p>\n<p>For families with students not automatically enrolled, applications are available until August 15 at <a href=\"https:\/\/kysebt.ky.gov\/?tabid=DOzpPIbz\" target=\"_blank\">kysebt.ky.gov<\/a>. Assistance is also available by calling the Department of Community-Based Services at 855-306-8959 or by visiting a local office.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Summer EBT provided food benefits for nearly 400,000 kids in Kentucky.<br \/>\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to approval by the federal government, healthy meals will continue to be provided to 450,000 Kentucky children while school is out this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kynect.jpg?fit=209%2C139&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-dvk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-12 12:30:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51915,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51914\/revisions\/51915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}