Hunger in America
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on September 17th, 2009 in Conversations, Health, Linked Articles.
It’s a mind-boggling statistic, but approximately 13 million children right here in America are at risk of hunger every day.
September is Hunger Action Month. The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act authorizes all of the federal school meal and child nutrition programs, which provide funding to ensure that low-income children have access to healthy and nutritious foods through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; Summer Food Service Program; Child and Adult Care Food Program; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children; and Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program…
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America’s Hungry Children at Risk
