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The Summer Food Service Program ( SFSP) began in 1968. It was an amendment to the National School Lunch Act. Today, the SFSP is the largest federal resource available for local sponsors who want to combine a child nutrition program with a summer activity program. [2] Sponsors can be public or private groups, such as non-profit organizations ...
Students across Miami-Dade can receive free meals during the summer through partnerships with nonprofits. Children 18 and under can now eat breakfast and lunch for free at more than 180 sites in ...
t. e. In the United States, school meals are provided either at no cost or at a government-subsidized price, to students from low-income families. These free or subsidized meals have the potential to increase household food security, which can improve children's health and expand their educational opportunities. [ 1]
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), [2] provides meals to low-income children throughout the country in areas where at least 50% of children qualify for free or reduced lunches. Lunches are offered to children up to the age of 18. Actual lunch components [3] include: milk, a meat or meat ...
May 22—IDEA — Public Schools' Child Nutrition Program is excited to announce they will be serving free meals during the summer to any child in the community aged 18 years and younger beginning ...
Free breakfasts and lunches are available this summer for children ages 1-18 at Corpus Christi ISD. Meals are also available for enrolled students with disabilities who are up to 21 years old.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 ( Pub. L. 111–296 (text) (PDF)) is a federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2010. The law is part of the reauthorization of funding for child nutrition (see the original Child Nutrition Act ). It funded child nutrition programs and free lunch programs in schools for ...
In Broward, some students, but not all, will get free lunch. Broward’s public school district said it can provide free lunch to students at 167 schools through the funding it will get from the ...