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A School Lunch Program recipient in 1936 A poster produced by the War Food Administration promoting school lunches. Before the official establishment of the large-scale, government-funded food programs that are prevalent today in the United States, small, non-governmental programs existed.
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. [1]
Free school meals can be universal school meals for all students or limited by income-based criteria, which can vary by country. [14] A study of a free school meal program in the United States found that providing free meals to elementary and middle school children in areas characterized by high food insecurity led to better school discipline among the students. [15]
A federal waiver that made school breakfasts and lunches free to students regardless of their family’s income is set to expire June 30.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will extend the free school-lunch program for K-12 students until June 30, 2022. That means students in K-12 will receive free meals,...
Beyond providing free meals, the Washington chapter sent out free groceries every Wednesday to families in the Seattle community. [16] The Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party met the needs of numerous ethnic groups because the black population in Seattle was not as high as in other areas. The attention to their specific community needs ...
Metro Parks is behind a 10-week program that will provide free sack lunches to children. The program will run June 24-Aug. 30. Hungry kids can snag free lunches at 10 Tacoma parks this summer.