Mississippi: 14,000 Pandemic Food Cards Mistakenly Deactivated

Mississippi: 14,000 Pandemic Food Cards Mistakenly Deactivated
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., on Dec. 20, 2020. Paul Sancya/Pool via Reuters
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JACKSON, Miss.—More than 14,000 low-income children in Mississippi had their pandemic food cards mistakenly deactivated, prompting an apology from state officials and a promise that new cards would be mailed to their families within days.

Children with an apostrophe in their first or last names all had their cards deactivated Monday by a processing partner, the Mississippi Department of Human Services said in a news release. It said that department and the Mississippi Department of Education were notified of the error on Tuesday.