Food Aid

Eligible low-income children will receive $120 in grocery benefits as part of a federal program that is administered by states.

Around 429,000 Missouri children would be eligible to receive $51.5 million in food benefits next summer if the state participates.

All students received free school meals during the pandemic. That ended after the 2021-22 school year, but several states in the Midwest have expanded access to school meals this school year.

The United Nations says that the world is facing the worst food crisis since World War II. Two of the hardest hit countries are in East Africa. In South…