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Sen. Gillibrand Says Universal School Meals Program Helps Families And Farmers Alike


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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to gather support for legislation aimed at reducing child food insecurity nationwide. The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 is part of the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization being negotiated by the Senate Agriculture Committee. Gillibrand says the program would make all school meals permanently free.
“The burden -plus the stigma some children or families fear- of being labeled poor by their classmates often makes eligible families decide not to participate.”
Gillibrand says that one in four children in New York State are fighting food insecurity, and likewise in rural counties, where one in three children are food insecure. Locally, Syracuse City School District Food and Nutrition Director Rachel Murphy told WAER News last summer the district served up to 20,000 meals a day. It was recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will continue to feed 34 million children nationwid ....

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Gillibrand wants to make free meal program permanent


Gillibrand wants to make free meal program permanent
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to make free school food program permanent.
Posted: May 12, 2021 6:12 PM
Updated: May 12, 2021 6:27 PM
Posted By: Gary Liberatore
Utica, N.Y. - The USDA recently extended the free lunch program for all students through June 30, 2022, due to COVID, but Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to make the program permanent.
Gillibrand is pushing her Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 to be part of the the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization currently being negotiated by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Every five years, Child Nutrition Reauthorization provides Congress with an opportunity to improve and strengthen the child nutrition and school meal programs and Gillibrand is hoping to have her legislation included in that upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization later this year. ....

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