Minnesota saw a record 5.7 million people people visit food shelves last year. While there is still great concern about households not having enough to eat, new community-level solutions are taking shape, thanks to pandemic aid. Minnesota received nearly $14 million in American Rescue Plan funding to assist hunger relief efforts. .
The new school year is around the corner and one issue in the spotlight in Washington state is child hunger. Even with free breakfast and lunch students are offered at school, kids still go hungry throughout the year. One in eight children faces food insecurity in the state, according to Feeding America. .
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(KMAland) Many Missouri families struggle to feed their children while school is out for the summer and have been able to get breakfast and lunch at summer youth programs
Many Missouri families struggle to feed their children while school is out for the summer and have been able to get breakfast and lunch at summer youth programs through the Local Investment Commission. As kids return to school, LINC also helps get nutritious produce from local farmers to community homes so children can head to class nourished. Joe Robertson, a spokesperson for LINC, said supporting children, families and neighborhoods with good nutrition is essential to building an optimistic future, and added that LINC is extending assistance beyond the school. .