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Cierra45/iStock by Getty Of the 22 million students who receive free or reduced-price lunch at school, only 14.1 percent are served summer meals. Summer remains the worst time for childrenâs hunger. On Summer Vacation and Hungry The school lunch program has gone a long way to reduce childhood hunger across the country. What happens during the summer? ve been writing about for years have found a place in Joe Bidenâ s American Families Plan, which was announced on Wednesday. We devoted an entire issue last year to the subject of family care, including the elements of child care support, paid family and medical leave, and improvements to elder care. All of these are part of Bidenâ ....
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and New York Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, have introduced legislation to expand summer meal programs across the country to ensure children maintain access to nutritious meals when school is out. The Covid-19 pandemic, and subsequent switch to remote learning, exacerbated the challenges that food insecure students face when schools are closed. The Summer Meals Act would improve the U.S. Department of Agricultureâs (USDA) Summer Food Service Program, which provides low-income children â who would normally receive free or reduced lunch during the school year â with nutritious meals during the summer, after school, and when school is closed for vacations or emergencies. ....