The federal program cost Tennessee $6 per child in 2024 and served 700,000, while the state program cost $120 per child and served about 18,000.

Iowa will participate in the federal Summer EBT program, providing eligible families with $40 per child each month for ...

Eligible Iowa households can receive a monthly allotment to spend on certain food items at the grocery store throughout the ...

In 2025, the state introduced the Healthy Kids Iowa initiative as an alternative to Summer EBT. The program was meant to ...

Iowa announced on Monday that it will return to a federal summer food assistance program. The announcement came on the same day a new report showed Iowa's program in 2025 fell well short of reaching ...

The program could provide food assistance to millions of low-income children across Texas if the state opts in before a key ...

Iowa will return to the federal Summer EBT program this year after opting out last year in favor of a state-run alternative.

Governor Kim Reynolds has announced that Iowa will rejoin SUN Bucks, also known as Summer EBT, for summer 2026.

Iowa will participate in the national SUN Bucks program while adopting its SNAP regulations on heavily processed foods.

Iowa now plans to participate in summer EBT in 2026 after the USDA said it could ban card holders from buying candy or soda.

Gov. Abbott vetoed a budget measure that would have allowed low-income Texas families to receive federal dollars to pay for ...

Last year, Lee decided to forgo $84M for the federally-funded Summer EBT program, which has helped feed 700,000 Tennessee ...