Take ACTION NOW BELOW to protect school meals
Help protect school meals! The House of Representatives passed a reconciliation package that threatens school meal access—now the Senate will consider its version of the bill.
Why it matters: If Congress passes this bill, it will have immediate impacts on your community:
- Fewer children directly certified for school meals
- Increased paperwork burdens for both families and school nutrition operators, struggling with staffing shortages
- Eligible students fall through the cracks and miss meals
Go deeper: Direct certification automatically enrolls children in SNAP and Medicaid-participating families for free and reduced-price school meals without requiring additional applications. This efficient system ensures vulnerable students receive nutrition while reducing administrative burdens for school nutrition professionals so they can focus on providing healthy school meals to the students that rely on them.
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