28/04/2024
Guess what, we can feed all the children in the summer EBT program in Alabama for the cost of ONE attorney!
"Alabama paid Bill Lunsford, an attorney with Butler Snow in Montgomery, DOC contracts worth $14.9 million."
"The Alabama Department of Human Resources estimated managing the program (Summer EBT) will cost between $10 million to $14 million, according to -the chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee."
Here is a link that will send an email in support of funding summer EBT to your legislator.
https://www.votervoice.net/ALARISE/Campaigns/113712/Respond
Here is a link to the articles where I pulled the quotes above:
https://abc3340.com/news/local/funding-for-summer-ebt-program-could-be-addressed-in-alabama-senate-usda-state-senate-house-education-trust-fund-budget
https://www.al.com/news/2023/07/why-is-the-alabama-department-of-corrections-paying-one-lawyer-nearly-15-million.html