>> While it has been an unbelievable brocha,
this looks like an USDA program, originally (Truman) targeting poor people and expanded during COVID to cover closed school with emphasis on poor areas but without requiring strict certification and identification of incomes. guidelines say – don’t ask individuals for their income, just try to locate distribution centers in poor areas. So, the intent is to target the poor, but to expand it to make sure children who are out of school, etc are all covered. Seems like a good program that allows for some overuse to make sure everyone is covered, but I don’t think the intent is for people with reasonable income to pick this stuff up in large numbers. We have the same program here locally, and I don’t think any of working people pick that up. Seems like distributors are trying to increase their business and making people feel comfortable when using this charity.