Food for kids? Alabama Doesn't Need No Stinkin' Federal Help!

 

"Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program this year."

(Including Alabama!)

"The reasons for the rejections, all from states with Republican governors, include philosophical objections to welfare programs, technical challenges due to aging computer systems and satisfaction with other summer nutrition programs reaching far fewer children." (Statement from Kay Ivey's office.)

FULL AP story is HERE.)