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“Please, sir, I want some more.” A phrase made famous by the title character of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist may soon apply to millions of children across America when the emergency waivers for school meal flexibilities expire. Despite support from the Urban School...
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2020 – Today, the Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act was introduced in response to the growing issue of food insecurity among school children. Because of COVID-19, an increasing number of households are facing various disruptions including high...
Families haven’t had to prove their income in recent months, but the Trump administration hasn’t extended that flexibility. The Trump administration is resisting calls to make it easy for tens of millions of students to get free meals at school this year, even as...
NEW YORK, July 21, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the important role schools play in our food systems, as a source of food for students, an employer of essential food service workers and a market for food producers. The pandemic also exposed the deep,...
The line of cars usually begins to form well before 11 a.m. outside Sharon Elementary school in Newburgh, Indiana, a town of less than 4,000 people along the Ohio River. Stella Antey, an 8-year-old second-grader, has sat in one of those cars with her older sister,...
Katie Wilson, executive director of the Urban School Food Alliance, tells TODAY’s Al Roker how school districts are spending millions to feed people during the pandemic...
Thursday, April 30th – Today, Urban School Food Alliance (“Alliance”) announced that it has received grants to jump-start its Student Emergency Food Access Fund and invited other funders to join in supporting 12 of the largest districts in the country in distributing...
Imagine, for a moment, American children returning to school this fall. The school week looks vastly different, with most students attending school two or three days a week and doing the rest of their learning at home. At school, desks are spaced apart to discourage...
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NEW YORK (March 11, 2021) – The Urban School Food Alliance, a membership organization of 15 of the largest school...
Portland Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and Austin Independent School District join Urban School Food Alliance
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2020 – The Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), a coalition of the largest school districts in...
Urban School Food Alliance Applauds the Selection of Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture
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The Urban School Food Alliance congratulates former Secretary Tom Vilsack on his reappointment by...
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