Payments to begin for state summer food program

Families in select Tennessee counties will soon receive a one-time payment as a part of the state’s Summer Nutrition Initiative, which takes the place of a federally funded program nixed by Gov. Bill Lee earlier this year, a program that planned to have served in-need-households across the entire state. 

Beginning on June 13, the Tennessee Department of Human Services will distribute one-time $120 payments via existing EBT cards to SNAP and TANF-enrolled families with children ages 5 to 18, but only in 15 counties deemed by the state as “unserved” or “underserved.