Despite changes to federal education programs by the Trump Administration, the longstanding Summer Food Service Program is underway again in Kentucky. Jennifer Ginn is the director of communications for the state Department of Education. She said the program now known as SUN Meals provides free meals to people 18 and under in low-income areas through approved partners.
“For the summer of 2025, we have approved 137 sponsors across 115 Kentucky counties. There's 1,514 total sites. And last summer, Kentucky sponsors served 8.1 million meals.”
Ginn said this year, 34 school districts have signed up for the related Summer Boost Reading and Math program.
“It tries to boost family engagement reading and math to give free books (and) fun items to motivate families and students to continue learning through the summer months.”
Ginn said each of those sites will receive about 1,000 books to distribute with the SUN meals.
