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SUN Bucks are back
The Louisiana Department of Health issued SUN Bucks in May and will continue throughout the summer.
The program provides $120 in grocery benefits to help ensure children who receive free or reduced-price school meals get the nutrition they need when schools are closed for summer break.
A majority of eligible children will automatically receive benefits and do not need to apply, LDH said. Sun Bucks will continue to be issued as applications are approved and additional children become eligible through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Family Independence Temporary Assistance (FITAP), Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP) or income-based Medicaid…