Perhaps those in most dire need, the homeless, cannot store and cook food. Otherwise cooking food ought to be one action that is self supporting, self-serving, and connecting to whatever one's cultural, ethnic , roots are. The suggestion of having restaurants do this is stupid and sad.
Most children already have their school supply them breakfast. Ugh!

If the goal is to get these people back on their feet, then having cold cereal as a meal, going to a soup kitchen, or requiring them to ask for help is a good thing. If the goal is to make them comfortable so they keep voting for their enablers, well that's where we are now. It has increased the dependence of our poor and has created an underclass.

Unless someone is requesting help, except for dealing with children, I don't think social workers can or should help.

I live in Maryland. It's a liberal utopia. I mean the cities are cesspools, the roads are falling apart and the school system is an utter failure. But we’re #1 in murders per capita so we’ve got that going for us….which is nice.
Why should the tax payers incur any additional cost? No you shouldn’t be able to use a ebt card at a restaurant and what percentage of the disadvantaged cannot store food? 1%? 3%? Less is my thought. So let’s put out million in tax money to cook for people a that aren’t even paying for their own food? NO!
How about if you get food stamps and don’t work you must come to a state office and work and take classes 4 days a week. We can teach them to cook there.