The Brookings Institution found an increase in child hunger during the coronavirus pandemic
Tag: school meals
Pandemic EBT Will Allow More Than 319,000 Maryland SNAP Households to Put Food on the Table
Maryland families who are impacted by the loss of free or reduced-price school meals during the mandated school closure are getting additional funds for food purchases
600 Meals, 4 Hours: Inside One School Kitchen Keeping D.C. Families Fed
In Washington DC, schools continue to provide meals for students during coronavirus pandemic closures
In the poorest county, in America’s poorest state, a virus hits home: ‘Hunger is rampant’
In county where every child qualifies for free school meals, a superintendent embarks on a project – driving 6,000 meals a day
When summer means hunger, mobile food pantries help close the gap
Starbucks Foundation and Feeding America have teamed up with food banks to help fill the summer meal gap with mobile food pantries.
How Hydroponic School Gardens Can Cultivate Food Justice, Year-Round
Teens for Food Justice, a 6-year-old nonprofit organization has worked with community partners to train students at Brownsville Collaborative and two other schools in low-income neighborhoods in New York City to become savvy urban farmers and consumers.
Wonderful opportunity: Summer feeding programs fill the hunger gap for youth
In Madison County, Kentucky, there are several summer feeding programs ready to lend a helping hand — the Madison County Schools’ Summer Food Service Program and Berea Kids Eat by Grow Appalachia and Berea College – to young people experiencing hunger.
Frenship ‘Tiger Bites’ program aims to combat child food insecurity during summer
In Lubbock, Texas, the Frenship school district has teamed up with partners to provide food to children throughout the summer.
School bus delivers free meals to hundreds of children during spring break
In Florida, several employees with the Manatee County School District are making sure every child gets fed, even when school is out for spring break.
Next shutdown victim: School lunches
Schools around the country are making plans to continue feeding students if government reimbursements don’t arrive
