In Iowa, grocery boxes as alternative for low-income families

DES MOINES, Iowa: Low-income families in Iowa were offered an alternative program to address child hunger next year, consisting of grocery boxes for each of the three summer months instead of US$120 per school-aged child through the Electronic Benefit Transfer.

Next year, Iowa wants to ignore the EBT option again and instead offer grocery boxes each of the three summer months.

Kelly Garcia, director of t