The Ohio Association of Foodbanks would be funded $39,550,000 a year, distributed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services under the House’s version of the budget, but advocates are asking the Senate to increase funding to $50 million per year.
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“God doesn’t want people to be hungry,” he said. “We care about kids. I’m not suggesting they are the only hungry ones, but they are even more vulnerable because often their voices are not developed yet, not just because of age, but actually because of lack of proper nutrition.”During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government temporarily expanded its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and older adults saw their monthly SNAP increase to triple digits.
“We need to make sure that no student goes hungry in our schools,” Sweeney said. “You are not learning trigonometry or you’re not learning how to read if you are hungry.” To put that in perspective, she brought up Wednesday’s controversial House vote that advanced a resolutionthat would ask voters in a $20 million August special election to raise the passage threshold for constitutional amendments.
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