FoodCorps Responds to New USDA Nutrition Standards for School Meals
FoodCorps Applauds Congress for Passing Keep Kids Fed Act to Extend Critical School Meal Program, Urges Lawmakers to Come Together and Make Program Permanent
Days ahead of the June 30 expiration date, Congress passed the Keep Kids Fed Act, a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to extend critical school meals waivers through the summer.
FoodCorps Applauds USDA’s Investment in Healthy Food and Nutrition for Students as Part of $2 Billion Food System Transformation Framework
Framework Comes on the Heels of President Biden’s Announcement of Historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Food Advocacy at the White House: Your May Policy Updates
This month, we’re continuing to watch how Congress responds to expiring free school meals waivers, preparing for a major moment at the White House, and monitoring updates in school food policy state by state. Here are the updates you need to know. School meal waiver updates The update: Along with thousands of other school meals … Continued
FoodCorps Applauds President Biden and Congressional Leaders for Advancing first Conference in 50 Years on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health
FoodCorps Applauds President Biden and Congressional Leaders for Advancing first Conference in 50 Years on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health Media Contact: FoodCorps@sunshinesachs.com May 4, 2022—Today President Biden announced that the White House will hold a conference on food, nutrition, hunger, and health scheduled for September 2022 in Washington, D.C. First convened in 1969, this … Continued
Keeping Kids Fed: Your April Policy Updates
School meals for all, the future of CNR, supply chain progress, and other updates this month from our policy team.
3 Reasons We Need School Meals for All
Free school meals for all kids are critical. Here’s why they make such a big difference.
FoodCorps Applauds Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Stabenow and Senator Murkowski for Introducing School Meals for All Bill with Bipartisan Support
50 senators joined Sen. Stabenow and Sen. Murkowski in sponsoring the “Support Kids Not Red Tape Act of 2022.”
Families brace for possible end of universal free school meals
In a move that took advocates by surprise, universal free school meal programs, initially introduced as the pandemic began, were not included in the $1.5 trillion spending bill passed by the Senate.
Statement: Congress Overlooks Free School Meals and Critical Child Nutrition Provisions at Expense of America’s Children in Omnibus Spending Bill
Congress’s latest omnibus spending bill did not contain funding for the USDA school meals waivers at the expense of millions of children.
FoodCorps Applauds USDA for Sending Schools an Additional $750 Million for School Meals
The additional funding will provide more of the flexibility schools need to ensure they can source high-quality ingredients.