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Iowa proposes summer grocery boxes as alternative to direct cash payments for low-income families

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Iowa proposes summer grocery boxes as alternative to direct cash payments for low-income families.

Iowa and other states opted out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s summer EBT program in 2024 .

Iowa wants to again forgo the EBT option and instead offer grocery boxes each of the three summer months .

Critics say the new approach takes resources and agency away from families.

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English

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