Hundreds of Kentucky parents who were told they would be referred to debt collectors if they did not repay the state for unsolicited food assistance cards are now being told… never mind.

The families are receiving letters this week from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services telling them to disregard previous letters demanding repayment for the Summer EBT cards they never requested.

“If you received either of these letters, please disregard them,” wrote CHFS Sec. Steven Stack in bold and underlined font. “We apologize for the confusion.”

Kentucky Public Radio first reported last week that at least dozens of parents in Scott County received food assistance cards worth $120 per child in their household earlier this summer, but then started receiving follow up letters requirin

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