| ■ Children's Summer Meal Programs Being Cut: Report | 2010.07.02 |
| The number of hungry children in the United States is increasing, but states and cities are cutting funding for summer meal programs, says a report released Tuesday by the Food Research and Action Center, an anti-hunger group. "Low-income children across the country clearly bore the brunt of budget cuts," said group President Jim Weill, the Associated Press reported. Summer meal programs are for children who rely on subsidized or free meals at school for most of their nutrition. The group analyzed data from the U.S. Agriculture Department and a survey of state child nutrition officials and found that during the summer of 2009, only 16 percent of children who received free or reduced-cost meals at school were fed during the summer holidays. |