News Well-fed kids are better learners: Hochul should back Healthy School Meals for All When kids are hungry they start the day at a disadvantage. Hunger makes it difficult…Emily CruzFebruary 1, 2023
News Protect All Kids from Hunger We see this as just an incredible opportunity for the governor and then the legislature…Emily CruzFebruary 1, 2023
News For 2023, Let’s resolve to end hunger in NY state (Guest Opinion by Jessica González-Rojas & Joel Berg) Hunger is unacceptable anywhere in the United States, the most agriculturally abundant nation in the…Emily CruzJanuary 31, 2023
News Provide free school meals for all students Nothing is more fundamental than making sure kids have enough food to eat. Very few…Emily CruzJanuary 30, 2023
News Proposal for universal school meals gains Republican support in New York A measure meant to provide free meals to students in all New York schools has…Emily CruzJanuary 30, 2023
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