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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...
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...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2022 – The Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of the largest school districts in the United States, is pleased to announce that Houston Independent School District (HISD) has joined its membership. HISD joins Dallas ISD and Austin ISD as the...
The Department of Agriculture announced Friday it is making changes to its school nutrition standards for the 2022-2023 school year, seeking to reinstate health goals that were rolled back during the Trump administration...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2021 – The Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of the largest school districts in the United States that includes New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Dallas, is pleased to announce that it will expand its membership to 17 districts...
The U.S. school lunch system is feeling the impact of the nation's supply chain disruptions. Shipping bottlenecks and labor shortages are limiting resources for school districts across the country. The rising cost of goods, coupled with the limited availability of...
Schools across the country are dealing with pandemic supply chain issues that are impacting how they provide student services like lunchtime meals...
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...
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NewsNation: Federal free school meal waivers set to expire June 30
Jun 9, 2022
On July 1, the universal free school lunch will be no more. The federal pandemic-era waivers that provided free...
Bloomberg Law: Hunger ‘Cliff’ Looms as Pandemic School-Lunch Aid Is Running Out
Jun 6, 2022
Schools and child-feeding sites are bracing for rising costs and supply disruptions as federal meal subsidies run...
Vox: A program that helps millions of hungry kids is about to expire
Jun 1, 2022
One of the most fundamental and intuitive facts about learning is that it’s hard to focus, or really do much of...
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