by Brittany Frew | Jun 1, 2022 | COVID-19, Featured, News
One of the most fundamental and intuitive facts about learning is that it’s hard to focus, or really do much of anything, if you’re hungry. There’s a hierarchy of needs, and stomachs come out on top. Yet youth advocates are staring down a chilling deadline. June 30 is...
by Brittany Frew | Mar 9, 2022 | COVID-19, Featured, News, Press Releases
The Urban School Food Alliance shares in the frustration and disappointment with other advocacy groups that Congress neglected, through the omnibus, to include the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to extend the waivers needed to help children and families as...
by Brittany Frew | Mar 7, 2022 | COVID-19, News
Coronavirus pandemic-era federal programs meant to feed schoolchildren are likely to expire in the coming weeks, after top Republicans objected to their inclusion as part of a still-forming package to fund the federal government… View the full article...
by Brittany Frew | Oct 1, 2021 | Article, COVID-19, USFA in the News
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Food for school lunches has become the newest item facing shortages after supply chain issues related to the pandemic. The shortage is affecting schools across the country, along with schools in eastern Iowa like the Anamosa Community...
by Brittany Frew | Oct 1, 2021 | Article, COVID-19, USFA in the News
WASHINGTON — School officials in a Missouri city have been making twice-weekly runs to Sam’s Club to stock up on frozen pizzas and hot dogs. A Kansas school district ran out of vegetables for two days last month. And a district in St. Paul, Minn., has an emergency...
by Brittany Frew | Oct 1, 2021 | COVID-19, USFA in the News
Schools are struggling to provide meals to students across the country due to product shortfalls, delivery delays, and labor shortages, the crisis has drawn national attention because many low income children get the majority of their nutrition from school-provided...