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Fewer poor kids getting free summer meals
- 07-07-2010
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By Vivian Po/California Progress Report
A new report reveals that due to budget cuts the government-funded summer nutrition programs fed only one out of six low-income children in the United States last year. The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) report, “Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2010,” which was released on Tuesday, found that education cutbacks forced many state and local governments across the country to reduce or eliminate their summer school programs for kids. As a result, the report said, only 2.8 million children participated in summer nutrition programs in July 2009 — about 73,000 children fewer than in July 2008. (more...)
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