Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to staff food banks while more than 600,000 in the state await federal food assistance during the ongoing government shutdown. This comes days after Beshear sent $5 million from the state’s “rainy day fund” to Feeding Kentucky, a network of food banks, and tasked the organization with buying […]
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Nonprofit opens loan applications for Kentucky poultry, meat producers
Kentucky poultry and meat producers can now apply for loans through a joint program between Lexington-based nonprofit Community Ventures and the United States Department of Agriculture. The program will “provide financing with a 4% to 6% interest rate to new and existing agribusinesses dedicated to serving the supply chain,” according to a recent press release […]
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Income-based lunch requirements return next school year
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law days before waivers offering free school meals were due to expire. The bill means requirements for free and reduced price lunches are suspended, giving every student access to free meals at school.
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Schools brace for hunger gap as federal waiver expires
School districts are bracing for an increase in hungry students as the sun sets on a waiver that has provided free meals for the last two years.