House budget leaders have proposed a measure that would make it harder for 12 million children to get free school meals — including 492,000 students right here in Virginia — by stripping schools of their Community Eligibility (CEP) status.
Sarah Steely
Sarah Steely is No Kid Hungry Virginia director. She can be reached at ssteely@strength.org.
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How summer meal programs are reaching more kids in rural communities
In Henry County, teams served 58,000 meals in June 2023 compared to 22,107 meals at traditional summer meal sites the year before.
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Nutrition teams are stirring up healthy and delicious meals for Virginia students
The new Virginia Food for Virginia Kids initiative is bringing local food procurement statewide. Spearheaded by the Virginia Department of Education, the program is increasing capacity for school food programs to procure, process and serve more local foods in their meal programs.