UPDATE: Progress Toward School Meals for All
The Carolina Hunger Initiative is proud to be part of the leadership team for School Meals for All NC, which recently released […]
UPDATE: Changes to Reduced-Price Meals for SY2023-24
With North Carolina lawmakers still working on the state budget (as of August 14, 2023), students will return to classrooms without the school lunch reduced-price copay, […]
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 a back-to-school nutrition checklist to help you make sure […]
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 child hunger in North Carolina. Read their […]
ARTICLE: Community Partnerships to Fight Hunger in North Carolina
Carolina Public Health Magazine – a publiciation of UNC-Chapel Hill, where we are based – recently profiled some of the work we […]
We’re Celebrating SCHOOL NUTRITION HEROES in North Carolina!
On Friday, May 5, school nutrition professionals will be celebrated statewide for SCHOOL NUTRITION HERO DAY! These heroes make sure students have the […]
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 Year Leah Carper, from Guilford County Schools, […]
ARTICLES: School Meal Debt in NC
Two new stories about the rising school meal debt in North Carolina, including new reporting about debt in individual school districts, and […]
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. Expanding student access to meals beyond what […]
ARTICLES: School Meals for All NC Day of Action
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the School Meals for All NC coalition held a Day of Action to educate legislators about the […]