Children who rely on school for meals will still be able to get them on a “to-go” basis even as all Texas campuses remain closed. And they’re bracing for even more families to have needs as businesses are forced to close and workers lose their jobs due to social...
Nearly 30 million children in the U.S. count on schools for free or low-cost breakfast, lunch, snacks and sometimes dinner — but most of those children are now at home. At least 114,000 public and private schools have been closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus,...
U.S. school food service officials are warning that millions of children could go hungry because of coronavirus closings, with the group calling for more leeway to continue providing subsidized meals during the disruption...
Statement from Urban School Food Alliance Executive Director Katie Wilson WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 – Millions of students rely on school meals each day. As school closures and enforced containments, due to the Coronavirus, continue, access to food may be...
Districts to Serve Same Lunch to 3.6 Million Students Across the U.S. on March 31 NEW YORK, March 2, 2020 – Urban School Food Alliance (the Alliance), a coalition of the largest urban school districts in the United States serving 3.6 million students daily, will...
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2020 - The Urban School Food Alliance (Alliance), a coalition of the largest school districts in the United States, responds to the recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) changes to school nutrition standards. The Alliance consists of...
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School Nutrition Professionals are #BackInTheGame
Dec 12, 2022
When schools began to close in March 2020 due to COVID-19, school nutrition programs rapidly became feeding...
Urban School Food Alliance and Cafeteria Culture Announce Plastic Free Lunch Day USA Partnership
Oct 3, 2022
For immediate releaseContact: Debby Lee Cohen – 917-282-0253, [email protected] Urban School Food Alliance...
Prism: Families call for universal free lunch as Congress extends meal program through the summer
Jun 30, 2022
Five days before COVID-19 nutrition waivers were set to expire, President Joe Biden signed the Keep Kids Fed Act...
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