- We urge the nation’s leaders to renew the pledge of the original National School Lunch Act “to safeguard the health and well being of the Nation’s children” and to expand this commitment to include all foods sold in schools (Hunger Report 2006, Page 54)
- Since many school administrators are under great financial pressure to use soda contracts and other competitive foods as a way to make their meal programs viable, we urge policymakers in the next reauthorization of child nutrition programs to consider universal nutrition standards for all foods and beverages served on school campuses, and increase reimbursements for NSLP meals to make a la carte sales unnecessary (Hunger Report 2006, Page 53)
- WIC participation virtually guarantees the child won't be stunted developmentally during critical years when good nutrition is essential….When the child starts school, the federal breakfast and lunch programs could make the crucial difference in whether this boy or girl has a fighting chance to rise out of poverty later in life. Eating breakfast and lunch raises children's academic performance and reduces behavioral problems, and together these meals provide half the nutrients children need to grow up healthy…the child nutrition programs provide a vital part of their food security (Hunger Report 2006, Page 43) Cross Reference: School Breakfast Program, WIC, Food Security
- Every low-income child in the United States should receive free school meals and have guaranteed access to summer food services in their communities… Eliminating the reduced-price category is central to reforming the school lunch Program (Hunger Report 2006, Pages 15 and 51) Cross Reference: Summer Food Service Program, School Breakfast Program
See Section 122 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, Access to Local Foods and School Gardens
- Farm to Cafeteria sign-on letter: "…urge your support for a $5 million appropriation to implement "Access to Local Foods and School Gardens," Section 122 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act" (March 28, 2005, Farm to Cafeteria sign-on letter, BFW Sign-On Letters 2001-Present) Cross Reference: WIC, Child and Adult Nutrition
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If, as the saying goes, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then increasing the number of school breakfasts served should be a national goal (Hunger Report 2006, Page 54)
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WIC participation virtually guarantees the child won't be stunted developmentally during critical years when good nutrition is essential….When the child starts school, the federal breakfast and lunch programs could make the crucial difference in whether this boy or girl has a fighting chance to rise out of poverty later in life. Eating breakfast and lunch raises children's academic performance and reduces behavioral problems, and together these meals provide half the nutrients children need to grow up healthy…the child nutrition programs provide a vital part of their food security (Hunger Report 2006, Page 43) Cross Reference: School Lunch Program, WIC, Food Security
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Every low-income child in the United States should receive free school meals and have guaranteed access to summer food services in their communities… Eliminating the reduced-price category is central to reforming the school lunch Program (Hunger Report 2006, Pages 15 and 51) Cross Reference: Summer Food Service Program, School Lunch Program
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Congress should continue to expand the School Breakfast Program, so that low-income children are assured adequate nutrition to benefit fully from their education (Hunger Report 2000, Page 41).
- Existing [Summer Food Service Program] pilot programs should be expanded to all states so that millions more low-income children will have access to free and reduced-price meals when school is out (Hunger Report 2006, Page 65)
- Federal policy needs to make it easier for schools and other organizations to receive funding to offer meals….As with the SFSP, federal policy should be changed to make it easier for child care providers and youth programs to offer nutritious meals and snacks (Hunger Report 2006, Page 65) Cross Reference: Child and Adult Care Feeding Program
- In order to improve the SFSP, the government will have to work with more non-profits….Non-profits hold the key to rapidly expanding the SFSP, either by starting programs or advocating for additional policy changes in the next reauthorization (Hunger Report 2006, Page 49)
- There is a pressing need for government to provide low-income children with federally subsidized meals when school is out (Hunger Report 2006, Page 48)
- Every low-income child in the United States should receive free school meals and have guaranteed access to summer food services in their communities… Eliminating the reduced-price category is central to reforming the school lunch Program (Hunger Report 2006, Pages 15 and 51) Cross Reference: Summer Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program
- To make dramatic progress toward reducing food insecurity, which the United States has pledged to cut to half its 1995 level by 2010…food stamps benefits must be increased; WIC must be funded as an entitlement program; eligibility restrictions that still remain from the 1996 welfare reform must be eliminated (some were eliminated in the 2002 Farm Bill); and federal summer food programs for children must be substantially expanded (Hunger Report 2004: Side Bar: Page 9) Cross Reference: WIC, Food Stamps, and Food Insecurity
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