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Committee examines data-sharing options to expand summer EBT to free-and-reduced students
Summary
Witnesses told senators that a technical gap keeps many children eligible through free and reduced-price lunch from receiving summer EBT cards because DOE holds only student ID numbers and schools retain address forms; senators asked the agencies to pursue practical outreach and administrative fixes before altering federal forms.
The committee heard House Bill 17-27, which would authorize limited interagency data-sharing to deliver summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards to children eligible through free and reduced-price lunch programs.
Laura Milliken, executive director of New Hampshire Hunger Solutions, said the gap affects thousands of children: families eligible for summer EBT but not…
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