Summer is here. Think lawn sprinklers, watermelon, games of hide-and-seek that can last until the sun goes down at 9pm (do kids even play that anymore?). There’s also: hunger.
One-in-10 kids in this country are without enough to eat, a situation that gets worse in the summer for kids who rely on school meals. Congress is slated to consider legislation over the next few weeks that will decide the nutritional future of these and other hungry children.
In a Capitol Hill briefing tomorrow, First Focus on Children brings together leading voices on child nutrition to discuss the upcoming Farm Bill, Appropriations funding for nutrition programs, and the new SUN Bucks initiative. Please join us.
- WHAT: Briefing on child nutrition, food insecurity, and related federal policies and programs that are in play this summer, including the Farm Bill, Appropriations funding for nutrition programs, and the new SUN Bucks initiative.
- WHEN: Friday, June 26, 2024, 10amET
- WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2075. Register at this link.
- WHO:
- Abbie Malloy, Director, Health, Environmental and Nutrition Policy, First Focus on Children
- Crystal FitzSimons, Child Nutrition Programs, Food Research and Action Center
- Nell Menefee-Libey, Senior Public Policy Manager, National WIC Association
- Alvaro Zarco, Senior Legislative Analyst, UnidosUS