CSPI's comments on the USDA's Interim Final Rule
RE: the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs
CSPI greatly appreciates the USDA’s continued efforts to increase access to healthy foods even when school is not in session. CSPI stands for ensuring year-round access to nutritious food for children through participation in the Summer EBT program. CSPI commends the USDA for the overall launch of this important program, for adjusting benefits issuance based on location of participants, and maintaining the value of benefits through future inflation adjustments. To reduce barriers to participation at both the state- and participant-level, we propose the following recommendations to be considered by the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. Our recommendations are specific to Section 2 Subparts B and E of the IFR.
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