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“No child in the richest country in the world should face hunger.”

American Heart Association , May 11, 2021 – Senators Bernie Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand and Representatives Ilhan Omar and Gwen Moore yesterday introduced the Universal School Meals Program Act, legislation to provide universal meals for all children enrolled in school. This bill would provide free breakfast and lunch to students regardless of their family’s income level, negating the need to apply or verify eligibility for school food programs and making it easier for programs to continue to feed children throughout the year. The American Heart Association, the world’s leading vol...

Getty/Tasos Katopodis The bill would make permanent the expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. 3 million college students rely on SNAP benefits, which supplement food budgets of low-income families. Last week, Democrats introduced a bill to make the pandemic-era policy of free school lunches for all kids grades K-12 permanent. Now they want to extend the pandemic-era food benefits that apply to college students, as well. On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, i...

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren want to make pandemic-era food benefits for college students permanent asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ayelet Sheffey) Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill to fight food insecurity on college campuses. The bill would make permanent the expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. 3 million college students rely on SNAP benefits, which supplement food budgets of low-income families. Last week, Democrats introduced a bill to make the pandemic-era policy of free school lunches for all kids grades K-12 permanen...

Sanders, Omar Introduce Bill to Permanently Provide Kids With Free School Meals Children eat lunch at their desks as a coronavirus safety protocol on their first day of kindergarten on September 9, 2020, in Stamford, Connecticut. John Moore / Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) introduced legislation last Friday that would create a permanent universal school meals program to provide children with free breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack, thus eliminating school lunch debt once and for all. The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 would expand ...