After School Meal Programs

SNA commended USDA’s decision today to extend all SFSP/SSO waivers through as late as December 31, 2020, allowing schools to offer meals to all children at no charge this fall.

SNA is calling for passage of the Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act and the Child Nutrition Relief Act of 2020 to expand access to school meals during SY 2020-21.

Reginald (Reggie) Ross, SNS, School Nutrition Consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, will represent SNA’s 55,000 school nutrition professional members nationwide during unprecedented times.

SNA is urging USDA to allow schools to continue serving students through summer meals programs to address challenges of providing safe access to healthy school meals next school year.

USDA announced the extension of four COVID-19 emergency feeding waivers to ease operational burdens and help schools meet children’s critical nutrition needs this fall.

SNF has received $200,000 from No Kid Hungry to support the Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency feeding grant program.