Congress passed a bill to extend a pandemic-era program through the summer that provided free meals to students regardless of income. But lawmakers added a caveat that means fewer kids will qualify in the fall.
The $3 billion Keep Kids Fed Act was praised by advocates who called the lunch waivers a critical source of nutrition for low-income children. The measure also provides schools with a higher reimbursement rate per meal for the next school year and offers more flexible guidelines for school nutrition programs coping with supply chain problems and short staffing.
“To get parents to fill out applications they haven’t had to for the past two and a half years is asking a lot,” Davis said. “A lot of kids will fall through the cracks, and we know families are still hurting with food and gas prices soaring.” Beth Wallace, president of the School Nutrition Association, the trade group for school-food-service manufacturers and professionals, cites an onslaught of challenges in schools’ efforts to ensure students are nourished in the past couple years.
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