At the Wyoming Library Association’s annual conference in early October, former Campbell County Public Library Director Terri Lesley was given the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Many Missouri families struggle to feed their children while school is out for the summer and have been able to get breakfast and lunch at summer youth programs through the Local Investment Commission. As kids return to school, LINC also helps get nutritious produce from local farmers to community homes so children can head to class nourished. Joe Robertson, a spokesperson for LINC, said supporting children, families and neighborhoods with good nutrition is essential to building an optimistic future, and added that LINC is extending assistance beyond the school. .
Michigan families no longer need to spend down their savings and be restricted to having only $15,000 in assets to receive SNAP benefits. Gov. Whitmer recently signed Senate Bill 35 into law, making Michigan the 37th state to eliminate the SNAP asset test. .