ARTICLES: School Meal Debt and the “Hunger Cliff”
Rising school meal debt has been a major issue of the 2022-23 school year. The end of February 2023 brings an additional […]
Author: Carolina Hunger Initiative
ARTICLES: 2023 NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Carolina Hunger Initiative hosted the 12th annual NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference. See some of the media […]
Summer Meal Delivery Options Provided for in 2023 Omnibus “Paves the Way” for Meals-to-You Expansion — Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Our partners at the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP) recently released a statement applauding Congress including “two significant provisions in […]
ARTICLE: Survey: A Third of Families Say Rising Food Costs Leads to Kids Not Eating Enough
via WRAL News Inflated prices for all goods is starting to sink in and people are feeling it on the bottom line […]
ARTICLE: Two N.C. School Districts Will Launch ‘Big Ideas’ to Increase Access to School Meals
via EducationNC.org: Following the expiration of a pandemic-era federal waiver that allowed K-12 schools to provide school meals free of charge to all students, a […]
2022: Our Year in Review
This has been another challenging year for child nutrition programs, from supply chain and staffing issues to shifting emergency rules at the federal […]
RELEASE: Carolina Hunger Initiative, Blue Cross NC Award School Nutrition Programs with Funds for “Big Ideas”
Craven County Schools and Wilson County Schools will focus on increasing access to school meals in high schools Contact — Andrew Harrell, […]
ARTICLE: North Carolina’s Child Nutrition Advocates Embrace National Effort to Provide Free School Meals for All
From EducationNC.org. From transportation to books, schools provide students with various resources at no cost to them to help them be successful. […]
UPDATE: New Details on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
On Wednesday, September 28, the Biden-Harris Administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The Administration will also release a National […]
ARTICLE: After Two Years, Free School Meals for All is Over. What Does That Mean for Students and Their Families?
Program and Communication Manager Andrew Harrell is quoted in this article from EducationNC.org. For more than two years, all public school students […]