$30K going to 2 districts for school breakfast initiatives
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — A round of grants to ensure students are provided healthy access to their morning meal have been announced for New Hanover and Pender…
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SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — A round of grants to ensure students are provided healthy access to their morning meal have been announced for New Hanover and Pender…
Governor Roy Cooper announced more funding for school meals while serving breakfast to students in Durham this morning at Glenn Elementary School.
In North Carolina, the ending of the Covid-era federal meals program devastated low-income communities–and legislators have been slow to face the crisis.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program will not be available for the 2023-2024 school year. The program has provided meals for over 1.6 million children since the start of the pandemic.
The plan proposes a change that would allow more schools the option to provide school meals to students at no cost.