UPDATE: Progress Toward School Meals for All
The Carolina Hunger Initiative is proud to be part of the leadership team for School …
UPDATE: Changes to Reduced-Price Meals for SY2023-24
With North Carolina lawmakers still working on the state budget (as of August 14, 2023), …
NEW RESOURCE: 2023 Back-to-School Nutrition Checklist
We all know that FOOD is the most important school supply. That’s why we’ve prepared …
ARTICLE: ‘1 in 6’: The State of Childhood Food Insecurity in North Carolina
Thank you to the journalists at the UNC Media Hub for turning their attention to …
ARTICLE: Community Partnerships to Fight Hunger in North Carolina
Carolina Public Health Magazine – a publiciation of UNC-Chapel Hill, where we are based – …
We’re Celebrating SCHOOL NUTRITION HEROES in North Carolina!
On Friday, May 5, school nutrition professionals will be celebrated statewide for SCHOOL NUTRITION HERO …
NC TEACHER OF THE YEAR: “North Carolina should provide school meals to all students. It did for me.”
In an editorial published in the Greensboro News & Record, 2022 NC Teacher of the …
ARTICLES: School Meal Debt in NC
Two new stories about the rising school meal debt in North Carolina, including new reporting …
EDITORIAL: Making All School Lunches Free in NC Will Cut Hunger, Stigma and Paperwork
The News & Observer has a new opinion piece about School Meals for All NC. …
ARTICLES: School Meals for All NC Day of Action
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the School Meals for All NC coalition held a Day …
ARTICLES: School Meal Debt and the “Hunger Cliff”
Rising school meal debt has been a major issue of the 2022-23 school year. The …
ARTICLES: 2023 NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Carolina Hunger Initiative hosted the 12th annual NC Child Hunger …
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 …
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 …
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 …
2022: Our Year in Review
This has been another challenging year for child nutrition programs, from supply chain and staffing issues …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …