Tennessee launches its summer food benefits this week. Most students in the state will miss out.
The majority of low-income Tennessee students will miss out on summer grocery benefits for the first time since 2020 after the state refused federal funding for the program. Instead, Tennessee is launching a much smaller program, which advocates warn will hurt food-insecure families across the state. (Getty Images file)
The program is a significant rollback of Tennessee’s previous summer food benefits initiative.
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Chalkbeat Tennessee food insecurityMelissa Brown
Melissa Brown is the Bureau Chief for Chalkbeat Tennessee. She joined Chalkbeat from The Tennessean, where she covered state politics and government policy. Melissa is an Alabama native who grew up on military bases in Japan and England before graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in journalism.
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