RELEASE: Governor Cooper Directs $1.4 Million to Expand School Breakfast Programs
See the original press release. See the latest about the grant opportunity. See a roundup of related news coverage. Today, Governor Roy […]
Category: Carolina Hunger Initiative
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
OPINION: No-cost Healthy Meals For All Public School Students
Carolina Hunger Initiative Director Lou Anne Crumpler wrote this editorial for WRAL News. Children cannot learn if they are hungry. Nutrition is […]