Kids in Need of Meals
Kids in Need of Meals
All over the nation, the number of people who are unemployed right now is up. Sadly that means many kids don't know where their next meal will come from.
The USDA has an online tool to help families find meals for kids during these difficult times. USDA Deputy Undersecretary Brandon Lipps.
New guidance from the U.S. Agriculture Department, issued this week, allows school districts to distribute meals “to a parent or guardian to take home to their children,” according to a copy obtained by The Washington Post.
The waiver takes effect immediately and applies to all states that elect to use it. Schools will need to develop strategies to ensure the meal distribution plan retains “integrity,” Angela M. Kline, director of policy and program development for the USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs, wrote in the waiver.
Although the USDA envisioned “operators providing meals directly to children,” Kline wrote, the agency “recognizes that in this public health emergency, continuing to require children to come to the meal site to pick up meals may not be practical and in keeping with the goal of providing meals while also taking appropriate safety measures.”
