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The state is distributing millions of dollars to families with children to help cover the cost of meals during the summer.
Children are the hungriest during the summer, according to Jason Jakubowski, the head of Connecticut Foodshare. While school is out, they don’t have access to the meals they normally do.
The state’s summer EBT program provides an additional one-time payment of $120 per child to eligible families. About 350,000 children are getting this assistance this season, according to the state.
Families with children who are already enrolled in SNAP, the Temporary Family Assistance Program, or who are on Husky A with an income less than 185% of the federal poverty level are eligible for this program. Additionally, families who were determined eligible for free or reduced-price school meals during the 2025-2026 school year will automatically receive these benefits.
The governor’s office said funds were distributed electronically to most families last weekend. Families who were not automatically enrolled in the summer EBT program can apply for the program until August 31 by visiting the program’s website.
Jakubowski said summer is also a tough time for food bank donations.
“People always think about us at the holidays, they always think about us at Thanksgiving time,” he said. “There’s always a lot of focus in terms of what we do, and there’s a lot of generosity, and we appreciate that, but it’s really the summer months, June, July, August that are the hardest for people facing hunger because they’ve got kids home.”
The price of food has also been increasing since the pandemic.
This year, growth has been less than 1% month-to-month, but shoppers are feeling the pinch every day.
“Sometimes you don’t even realize it until you get to your total,” Shopper Barbara Price said, “Like, how do I spend that much money? And I only have a bag of groceries?”
Fletcher Pitts left the supermarket with a cart full of groceries.
“I just spent 300 bucks on some things that I thought I was coming to spend 150 for,” he said.
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