Participation in summer meals program drops for first time in five years

Some 3 million school-age children participated in USDA’s summer nutrition program in 2016, down 5 percent from the previous year and the first decline after four years of significant growth, said the anti-hunger Food Research and Action Center. The program, which provides a daily meal, reaches a much smaller group of low-income children than the… » Read More

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