Items Tagged with 'summer feeding program'

Many students were able to continue receiving school meals in recent summers as a result of loosened government rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of free lunches served has dropped since peaking in 2020.

Some $90 billion in agriculture and child nutrition spending that’s part of the stalled Build Back Better bill is in play as the White House and congressional Democrats disassemble the $1.7 trillion measure and possibly move some of the funding into other legislation.

In this opinion piece, Marshall Matz and Roger Szemraj with OFW Law discuss the need for Congress to extend their waiver authority for child nutrition programs.