Iowa families can now register for the state’s summer feeding program.

Announced by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May, the program, named “Healthy Kids Iowa,” will provide low-income families across the state with $40 worth of “fresh and nutritious food” per child per month in June, July and August. The program is an alternative to the Summer Electronic Benefit Program, now known as SUN Bucks, which gives households pre-loaded cards with $120 per child to spend on SNAP-eligible food to substitute for school meals during the summer months.

The program will utilize federal funding to expand the summer meal sites program that the state ran last year, where qualifying families were given a box a month over three months.

Under the new program, households will choose from a selection of food each mont

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