Most weeks, deciding what to put on our cover is the subject of great internal debate. This week, it was simple. TIME reports on the people who shape the world, and the cover often features the most influential among them: heads of state, titans of industry, icons of...
The truth is, it's hard to feed kids on average days. From pandemics to natural disasters, a crisis only amplifies the challenges school food programs face regularly. The last couple of weeks have demonstrated this, as people and systems respond to COVID-19 and its...
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...
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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...
Urban School Food Alliance Responds: President Signs Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022
Jun 25, 2022
On Saturday, June 25, 2022, the President signed into law the Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022, which extends certain...
Smerconish: We Must Preserve the Food Security Safety Net in Our Schools
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School meal programs have prevented children from hunger and malnutrition for decades. Available in almost every...
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