If the shutdown continues, money for food stamps and school lunches could run out by March

If the federal government stalls, the US Department of Agriculture said the food tickets for poor children and school meals with subsidies will be exhausted in late February or early March if Congress does not reach an agreement to resume Announced. Governmental

US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has outlined how the closure of the government on Friday will affect the US Agriculture's core nutrition program and the government will run them as long as possible I will continue to do.

These include supplemental nutritional supplement program (SNAP), also known as food stamp - School children 's nutrition program, and special supplementary nutrition programs for women, babies and children.

These programs will help poor families and students to buy food and school meals. People now relying on these programs still can use them.

"Everyone has funds to operate in February, many people have funds to continue operating in March, there is no additional funds," Perdue wrote in a statement It is.

It is unclear what will happen after federal funds have expired after the government's long-term suspension. Perdue recommends that institutions responsible for overseeing these programs continue to provide services with their own funds or continue to use additional federal funds that may be saved.

Food stamps and other federal nutrition programs are considered essential programs, but Congress is still required to renew funds every year. Other major mandatory programs such as social security and medical insurance are not affected by closure. They receive funds automatically every year.

Every year, more money is invested in the school lunch program, but it continues to distribute more junk food. Price reduction is not a problem, the problem is a health problem related to school lunch. School meal subsidies are often not applicable to food. This will allow students to accept high fat, low grade meat and cheese. In many cases, students are getting food from the largest food producer in the United States. Meals are usually composed mainly of the same ingredients as fast food. In order to repair the National School meal plan, we must implement a new infrastructure and chef, we only sell more junk food. In order to feed 30 million school chillers, it is necessary to invest a kitchen for 30 million dollars. In the long run, we will eventually save money as the population is healthier. Overall, our system has crashed, so we have to fix it. It will not be completed in one night, and investment will be needed in the future.

In the 1941 - 42 grade, federal school meals reached the peak of 6.2 million children in 93,000 schools, during which the United States entered World War II and food and money was transferred to the army It was. The food stamp program was concluded in 1943 when the government decided that "the planning conditions - unsubscribed food surpluses and extensive unemployment - no longer exist". After 10,000 children provided food and after two years of support this number grew to a new highest value of 6.7 million students. However, the number of participating schools - more than 45,000 - is still below the ratio of 1941 - 42. In 1946, Congress asked for meals to meet "minimum nutritional needs"