33 Florida lawmakers ask DeSantis to apply for federal benefits to help feed children

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Angela "Angie" Nixon, a subordinate of the Florida House of Representatives who represents District 14 which covers North and Northwest Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 30 Florida lawmakers accidental they privation to assistance struggling families impacted by the ongoing pandemic.

Rep. Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) said Florida families are missing retired connected wealth that would assistance fed children, truthful she and 32 different lawmakers wrote a missive to Gov. Ron DeSantis asking him to use for national funds close now.

The national government’s Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer is helping families everywhere. The programme lets eligible schoolhouse children get funds connected EBT cards to bargain food.

Florida had this programme past year, but backing stopped this June. Nixon is present urging DeSantis to use for the programme again.

“Many of america cognize that, unfortunately, determination are a batch of kids successful the authorities of Florida, that are suffering from poverty,” Nixon said. “And truthful oftentimes, the lone repast that they bash get happens to beryllium astatine school. And truthful these benefits, this backing would really assistance them due to the fact that their parents would really beryllium capable to spell and acquisition nutrient and enactment nutrient connected the table. And it’s precise unfortunate that politician DeSantis is the lone politician successful the full United States that has not applied for this funding.”

Nixon said families are missing retired connected $375 a month, which she says could marque a difference.

She and 32 of her colleagues crossed the authorities signed this missive to the politician that reads “children successful the authorities of Florida shouldn’t spell bare due to the fact that of partisan politics. Child hunger is not a partisan issue, and the children of Florida are its future.”

News4Jax reached retired to the governor’s bureau for remark but we haven’t heard backmost yet.

While it’s a occupation crossed the state, Nixon said she’s seeing it successful her territory arsenic well.

“There are folks that are calling maine saying that they’re inactive locked retired of the unemployment system. I person constituents that are saying, they’re connected disability. So these funds were really helping them with their kids and with our students arsenic well,” Nixon said.

Nixon sent the missive connected Friday. She said she hasn’t heard from the Governor’s bureau yet.

She said she plans to get much signatures from leaders crossed the authorities and is adjacent drafting a petition to enactment retired this week for her constituents to motion to get the politician to use for these funds.