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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...
In the weeks since stay-at-home orders meant to curb the coronavirus outbreak took effect across the United States, school districts serving the country’s most vulnerable children faced a particular challenge: feeding their students. About 30 million children in the...
In communities around the country, schools may be the only institutions making sure that hungry children and their families are fed. They’ve opened grab-and-go lunch stations and started delivering meals to neighborhoods by bus. But some programs are also going broke,...
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Urban School Food Alliance Applauds the Selection of Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture
Dec 10, 2020
The Urban School Food Alliance congratulates former Secretary Tom Vilsack on his reappointment by...
New Partnership to Bring Food Education to Urban School Districts Across the Country
Oct 13, 2020
Iván Sarabia, 20-21 Fellow from Academy for Global Citizenship talking to 2nd grade students about how liquids...
Urban School Food Alliance Requests Full Year Waivers
Oct 7, 2020
Dear Mr. Secretary: The Urban School Food Alliance, representing many of the largest school food authorities in...
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