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…
Yet hardship would have been even more prevalent without federal food assistance programs. Today’s legislation will strengthen & expand these proven programs.
The legislation would help end summer childhood hunger by providing $75/month for grocery benefits to low-income children during the summer when they are not receiving the free or reduced-price meals they ordinarily get at school. cbpp.org/research/food-…
It would improve kids’ health & educational prospects by increasing federal reimbursements under the #CommunityEligibility option within the #SchoolMeals program so that more schools could offer meals at no charge, benefitting 8.7M more students. cbpp.org/research/food-…
It would connect more children with the healthy school meals they need by allowing any state to use #Medicaid data to automatically enroll children for the free/reduced-price meals for which they are eligible, reducing paperwork for families & schools. cbpp.org/blog/by-acting…
These provisions build on programs enacted with bipartisan support. Together they could lead to improvements in low-income children’s health and development that improve their prospects into adulthood. cbpp.org/research/feder…
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