Posts tagged child hunger
School Food Matters: Hunger, Obesity and Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act

According to advocates, families of at least 1 in 5 New York City children still rely on soup kitchens and food pantries, despite free school breakfast and subsidized school lunches. President Obama pledged to end child hunger in the US by 2015, and the reauthorization of the federal Child Nutrition Act is expected by September.

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Government & Communities, Schools WatchAbigail KramerCenter for New York City Affairs, child hunger, children, CNYCA, communities, education, elementary school, families, health, high schools, inequality, Nutrition Act, Obama, politics, poverty, public education, public policy, public schools, school food, schools, soup kitchens, subsidies, The New School, youthComment