FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's low-income children will still be able to get the free and reduced-cost meals even though their schools are closed because of new coronavirus.
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State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said Saturday that the state and its school districts are making plans to continue feeding 2 million low-income children.
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Plans include letting children take meals home or even using school buses to deliver food.
To reduce contact, up to a week's worth of food might be provided.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases in the state now exceeds 60 with almost half in neighboring Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Two have died.
