Valley News - Federal program to encourage universal school meals sees low NH take-up vnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The program is designed around a simple tradeoff. A public school with a sufficient percentage of low-income students agrees to provide free school meals for all students. In return it receives additional funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Schools receive more money and the parents and students avoid the stigma of applying for free or reduced-price school lunche
Program for school meals sees low take-up concordmonitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from concordmonitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Advocates in the field say many of New Hampshire’s most vulnerable households are trapped in a double bind these days: Continued inflation is pushing the prices of essentials like groceries ever higher, at the same time that several pandemic-era safety net programs have been rolled back.