Meal assistance is returning this summer for students in low income households. SUN bucks provides $120 per student to families during the summer to supplement meals when school is out of session.
State superintendent Tom Horne said the program has already reached 270,000 children across the state.
“Kids need to get their nutrition and they need to be healthy when they come back to school," Horne said.
"And we think that if they don't have enough money for food, that's bad, fundamentally it's just bad on its own, but collaterally it's also not good for their education.”
Horne says in addition to the grocery assistance, students can receive meals from designated locations across the state. The state expects the program to serve over 600,000 students across Arizona.
“For eligible children, this money is available for them, and they can get $120 for buying food over the summer. It's not much, but there's also the separate program where they can take the child and get food at certain locations,” Horne said.
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