LITTLE ROCK, AR–Local feeding programs for kids are bracing for severe funding cuts if no deal is made to reopen the government soon.
The Dream Center and other after school programs across the state usually get their meal costs reimbursed by the federal government. When the government shut down two weeks ago they lost funding and now the state is using leftover money from last year, but that is expected to run out soon.
DHS spokesperson Amy Webb says “Our hope is that we will have funding through October, but we’re not certain we we will so we’re watching it very closely, watching reimbursements as they come in.”
Altogether special nutrition programs cost roughly $75 million a year.
The Dream Center and other after school programs across the state usually get their meal costs reimbursed by the federal government. When the government shut down two weeks ago they lost funding and now the state is using leftover money from last year, but that is expected to run out soon.
DHS spokesperson Amy Webb says “Our hope is that we will have funding through October, but we’re not certain we we will so we’re watching it very closely, watching reimbursements as they come in.”
Altogether special nutrition programs cost roughly $75 million a year.