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End Childhood Hunger
Hunger and Nutrition Campaign
Nearly 300,000 children in Washington live in families that struggle to put nutritious food on the table every day. The issues these children face can be complex; the solution to their hunger is not: Feed children three nutritious meals each and every day.
This is the simple foundation of our strategic plan to end childhood hunger in Washington.
One step in the plan is to feed hungry kids during the summer. Currently in Washington State only 11% of children who receive free and reduced cost meals during the school year are accessing free summer meal programs. A small investment of state resources to increase summer meal sites will bring millions in federal dollars to feed kids in local communities.
Latest News
WE'RE IN THE NEWS: CONGRESS SHOULD FEED HUNGRY KIDS WHEN THE NEED IS GREATEST
Posted on: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 9:06am
Right now Congress has the once-every-five-year opportunity to improve the quality of school, child-care and summer meals and make them available to more children.
The Seattle Times ran an oped by Linda Stone, senior food policy coordinator at the Children's Alliance, calling on Congress to listen to the call that President Obama and anti-hunger experts have made to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act with an increase of $1 billion per year over 10 years.
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We're in the news: Fewer Summer Meals Available for Children
Posted on: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 11:02am
KUOW reports on new findings from the Food Research and Action Center showing there are fewer summer meal programs available for low-income children while the need is rising. In Washington state there are 700 schools, parks and community centers that serve sack lunches — that's 23 fewer than last summer.
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The Children’s Alliance goes to the other Washington
Submitted on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 14:43
Our Federal Government handles many pressing issues – from foreign affairs to the environment to the economy. So where do kids fit into the picture? And what does that Washington have to do with what happens in Washington state?
The answer is a lot, which is why we sent our federal staffer to Washington D.C. last week to advocate for kids. What happens in the halls of Congress helps shape what programs are and aren’t funded in our state.
House child nutrition bill: closer to what kids need
Submitted on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 11:54
Advocates have been on pins and needles waiting for a key U.S. House committee to release its plan for reauthorizing the federal Child Nutrition Act. It finally surfaced yesterday, and though there’s no official word on a cost estimate, it’s expected to invest $8 billion over 10 years – almost twice as much as the $4.5 billion a Senate committee proposed in March.
Resources
Comparison of the House and Senate Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bills
Created on: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 10:53am
Child Nutrition Reauthorization Talking Points
Created on: Monday, June 21, 2010 - 9:32am
This document contains all of the information you'll need to talk to everyone from policy makers and reporters to your neighbors and friends.
Click here to download a PDF of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Talking Points.
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