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New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to make universal schools meals programs permanent.

Credit WAER file photo Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to gather support for legislation aimed at reducing child food insecurity nationwide. The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 is part of the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization being negotiated by the Senate Agriculture Committee. Gillibrand says the program would make all school meals permanently free. “The burden -plus the stigma some children or families fear- of being labeled poor by their classmates often makes eligible families decide not to participate.” Gillibrand says that one in four children in New York St...

Gillibrand wants to make free meal program permanent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to make free school food program permanent. Posted: May 12, 2021 6:12 PM Updated: May 12, 2021 6:27 PM Posted By: Gary Liberatore Utica, N.Y. - The USDA recently extended the free lunch program for all students through June 30, 2022, due to COVID, but Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to make the program permanent. Gillibrand is pushing her Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 to be part of the the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization currently being negotiated by the Senate Agriculture Committee. Every ...