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From Florida to California, School Breakfast WORKS!
Another clear example of the benefits of promoting school breakfast: This report is courtesy of the Manteca Bulletin, in California. The full article can be found here. When Shasta Elementary School in California began serving breakfast in the classroom, first … Continue reading
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SNAP/Food Stamp Program Imperative To Alleviating U.S. Hunger
Great information from our friends at FRAC, the Food Research and Action Center: USDA researchers, using Current Population Survey data to examine SNAP’s effect on poverty from 2000 to 2009, found that the prevalence of poverty declined an average of … Continue reading
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Tagged Administrative, Children, Congress, Food, FRAC, Hunger, Legislative, Poverty, Research, SNAP
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Children Living in High-Poverty Communities > 25% Over Last Decade
Citing recent findings by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Philanthropy News Digest reports that nearly eight million children in America live in areas of high poverty — about 1.6 million more since 2000. Based in part on data from the U.S. Census … Continue reading
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Dinner At School: More Public Schools Dish Up 3 Meals A Day
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Too often it is after the fact that teachers discover their students are worrying less about math and and reading and more about where the next meal comes from. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, signed into … Continue reading
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Long Lines For Free School Meals, Thanks to The Economy
The number of students receiving free or reduced-price school lunches rose to 21 million last school year, up from 18 million in 2006-07. That number represents a 17 percent increase, according to an analysis by The New York Times of … Continue reading
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Tagged Administrative, Advocacy, Children, Congress, Food, Hunger, Legislative, Nutrition, Poverty, SNAP, South Florida
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Watchdog: USDA To Audit School Food Service Companies
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s watchdog arm plans to look closely at whether the food-service-management companies running many school cafeterias are passing along all the discounts and rebates they receive from their suppliers to the districts that hire them. Education … Continue reading
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“Let’s Get To Work” – NOT
Florida Govenor Rick Scott WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING? TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pink slips are going out to more than 1,600 state workers in the next two days (by Friday), a grim reminder of the human toll of the … Continue reading
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Good Nutrition News For Florida Kids!
This just in, and finally there’s a bit of good news on the child nutrition front: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 23, 2011 Tallahassee, FL – Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam issued the following statement today in response to Governor Rick Scott … Continue reading
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Tagged Administrative, Advocacy, Children, Food, Health, Legislative, Nutrition
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USDA Funds More Fresh Fruits And Veggies For School Kids
Via Reuters – State agencies will get more federal funding to provide fresh fruits and vegetables at schools, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday. The $48 million increase in funding for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program represents … Continue reading
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Govenor Scott – Isn’t The Value Of A Homeless Child More Than $6.00?
The Florida Coalition for the Homeless is responding to Governor Rick Scott’s proposed devastating cuts to homeless programs for the State. The Department of Children & Families has also proposed to eliminate all homeless funding. The Coalition’s PSA, now available for viewing on YouTube here, … Continue reading
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