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Urban School Food Alliance and Cafeteria Culture Announce Plastic Free Lunch Day USA Partnership
For immediate releaseContact: Debby Lee Cohen – 917-282-0253, DL@cafeteriaculture.org Urban School Food Alliance – press@urbanschoolfoodalliance.org Cafeteria Culture – info@cafeteriaculture.org WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2022 – On November 2, 2022, Cafeteria Culture...
Prism: Families call for universal free lunch as Congress extends meal program through the summer
Five days before COVID-19 nutrition waivers were set to expire, President Joe Biden signed the Keep Kids Fed Act into law. The bill, which Congress passed on June 24, would increase reimbursements to schools and child care centers and grant access to summer meals...
Urban School Food Alliance Responds: President Signs Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022
On Saturday, June 25, 2022, the President signed into law the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022, which extends certain flexibilities for child nutrition programs and provides temporary increases in reimbursement rates for school meals and meals provided at child care centers....
Smerconish: We Must Preserve the Food Security Safety Net in Our Schools
School meal programs have prevented children from hunger and malnutrition for decades. Available in almost every public and private school in the country, school meals operate under federal nutrition guidelines and a federal per meal reimbursement rate based on family...