Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #schoolmeals
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Thread: Congress has a tremendous opportunity to reduce food hardship for low-income school kids by enacting the bill released by the @EdLaborCmte today for the economic recovery legislation. It would invest nearly $35b to make enormous strides forward. edlabor.house.gov/imo/media/doc/…
First, some context: Households with children are more likely to experience food insecurity than those without children. In 2020, about 1 in 7 (14.8%) households with children were food insecure. ers.usda.gov/webdocs/public…
Food insecurity affects people of all racial & ethnic backgrounds throughout the year. But, due in significant part to harsh, long-standing inequities & structural racism, food insecurity is particularly acute for people of color, including kids. cbpp.org/childrens-food…
Thanks to the work of @HEResearch, we now know the impacts and benefits of universal free school meals. Thanks to this thread, you know, too. 🧵
Universal free school meals increase the number of students participating in such programs in nearly all cases, and reduce #foodinsecurity among students and families with lower incomes.
Universal free #schoolmeals improve the quality of diets among students in most circumstances. Strong #nutrition standards ensure the inclusion of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Every era has its prisoners.
Ours, the children in poverty, like caged Canaries
and Coal Miners.
The news last week refreshed the betrayal of poverty hanging over the lives of so many.
Including my own memories from my early teens.
1/16
#FeedtheChildren
@MarcusRashford
Ours, the children in poverty, like caged Canaries
and Coal Miners.
The news last week refreshed the betrayal of poverty hanging over the lives of so many.
Including my own memories from my early teens.
1/16
#FeedtheChildren
@MarcusRashford
When I can’t place those inchoate feelings, I open my kitchen cupboards.
I witness some effects of hoarding tin cans like tiny soldiers.
Standing straight and facing forward.
A sigh of relief.
This story belongs to many.
2/16
#MedEd
#MedTwitter
I witness some effects of hoarding tin cans like tiny soldiers.
Standing straight and facing forward.
A sigh of relief.
This story belongs to many.
2/16
#MedEd
#MedTwitter
Warping back to those bare walls in a soup kitchen, lifeless conversations, long stares and whispers.
It’s not homelessness, but it’s not comfortable living.
You live penny to penny with half-a-foot outside your door.
3/16
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
It’s not homelessness, but it’s not comfortable living.
You live penny to penny with half-a-foot outside your door.
3/16
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
1/4 Do you feed kids in the middle of a pandemic, 100,000s of parents losing jobs?
Its even a not a debate
Yes, as a Gov this is what you do, you feed the kids
But the Tories will not move on half term #schoolmeals, lying saying funded councils to feed kids
No they have not
Its even a not a debate
Yes, as a Gov this is what you do, you feed the kids
But the Tories will not move on half term #schoolmeals, lying saying funded councils to feed kids
No they have not
2/4 What they have done is called #DoubleCount
Here is a video of Leader of Nottingham City Council who tell us about #DoubleCounting at the very end of the video and how its very commonplace.
Here is a video of Leader of Nottingham City Council who tell us about #DoubleCounting at the very end of the video and how its very commonplace.
3/4 details of what happened to Nottingham CC, how the Tories lied about claiming to have given them £858,285 last week
10th July they gave Nottingham £858,285
Money was for the summer holidays
Oct claim to have given the same amount of money again, but they don't #DoubleCount
10th July they gave Nottingham £858,285
Money was for the summer holidays
Oct claim to have given the same amount of money again, but they don't #DoubleCount
1/ Some disturbing statistics in regard to Child Poverty, income & free sch meals (FSM). Relative child poverty has increased significantly under this gov. Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). It increased from 3.6 million (2011/12) to 4.2 million (2018/19). Projected to rise
2/ 2019 report, the IFS asserted that working age benefit cuts have further increased income inequality. They wrote:
"The bottom fifth of the income distribution on average saw its income decline by 1.6%... conversely, the top fifth saw it grow by 0.8%".
"The bottom fifth of the income distribution on average saw its income decline by 1.6%... conversely, the top fifth saw it grow by 0.8%".
3/ UNICEF recently found that food insecurity is extremely problematic in the UK - the worst in Europe for 15 year olds. "Food hardship among children also predicts impaired academic performance... associated with experiencing shame at being out of food, and behavioural problems”
