Childhood Nutrition

August 12, 2020

Summer Meals for Healthy Kids: Enhancing Louisiana’s Summer Food Service Program

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Authors’ Note
This report was researched and written prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the pandemic has substantially changed the options for Louisiana children looking for healthy meals over the summer.Read more...

August 7, 2020

Group calls on Gov. Edwards to re-open applications to Pandemic EBT program

Louisiana’s children are facing hardship not seen in decades. According to U.S. Census Household Pulse survey data, 1 in 4 Louisiana households with children recently reported that kids in their home didn’t have enough to eat because the family couldn’t afford adequate food.Read more...

June 9, 2020

How to: Get more help to buy groceries during Covid-19

A new federal benefit called “Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer” (P-EBT) offers $285 in grocery assistance per child for kids who get free and reduced-price meals during the school year.

But, with the final application deadline less than a week away, about 298,000 eligible students are not connected with the benefit, about 40% of the total who could receive it.Read more...

June 2, 2020

The Pandemic Has Sent Child Hunger to Record Levels

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