“I also heard yesterday that there are many people who can well afford to feed their own kids taking advantage of this program.”
My daughter went to a school where lunches were free for all the kids because there were so many on the free lunch program it wasn’t worth figuring out who wasn’t. I packed my daughter’s lunch. I discovered her ham sandwiches where quite the trade item. The two halves went to the highest junk food item bidders. She was golden at lunch with what I packed. LOL.
You've got yourself a little entrepreneur on your hands. Good for you and good for her!