The deadline for states to decide whether to participate in SUN Bucks — a federal program that helps provide money for meals during the summer — is approaching, after Indiana opted out of the program last year.
But local groups focused on hunger say the program helped feed hundreds of thousands of children while school was out, and warn students could struggle to eat during the summer if the state doesn’t opt back in before the deadline on January 1.
More than 660,000 children in Indiana received food assistance through SUNBucks in 2024, before the program was halted in 2025, according to the Indy Hunger Network…