News End of federal free school meals for all poses challenges to families, districts During the past two years of the pandemic, federal funds fully covered meals for each…Jessica PerillaJanuary 28, 2023
News Free School Meals: When the Feds Step Back, States Step Up Millions of students returned to school in communities across New York State this month.Jessica PerillaJanuary 28, 2023
News The Case For Universal Free Lunch Turns out, feeding kids at school raises test scores and lowers behavior problems. It’s also,…Jessica PerillaJanuary 28, 2023
News When Kids Go Back to School This Fall, Pandemic-Era Free Lunch Will Be Gone Debt incurred by US families who can’t pay lunch fees runs up $262 million a…Jessica PerillaJanuary 28, 2023
News BOCES, Hartford Central School District serve up Lunar New Year while pushing for universal free lunch Households would save an average of $140 per child every month if New York dedicates…Emily CruzJanuary 26, 2023
News NY lawmakers push for universal free school meals in governor’s budget No family should ever have to call my office and say, “Can you help me…Emily CruzJanuary 19, 2023
News Should New York have universal free meals for all students? Advocates say ‘yes’ The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 provided school breakfast and lunch at no…Emily CruzJanuary 11, 2023
News Advocates in Albany rally for free school meals This is a program that reaches every single student across the state. All 2.1 million…Emily CruzJanuary 9, 2023
News Advocates call for free school meals for NYS students More than 700,00 New York students lost access to free meals at schools in June…Emily CruzJanuary 9, 2023
News School Advocates Call for NYS to Provide Free Meals for All Students Several hundred thousand New York State families, including many yeshiva families, are barely getting by…Emily CruzJanuary 9, 2023