When school is out for the summer, many low-income children no longer have access to free or reduced-price school lunches. In Nevada County, the group California Food Policy Advocates says the so-called “summer nutrition gap” affects 1406 children. It says those sites that do serve summer meals operate for fewer days each month and serve far fewer lunches than sites operating during the school year. One of the group’s policy advocates, Anna Colby, says they’re pushing for expansion of the federally-funded Summer EBT for Children program…
Colby says California has made moderate progress, with a 2-percent increase in the number summer lunches, as of a year ago. She attributes that mainly to the persistent work of non-profits and other local support groups…
But Colby says 85-percent of children in California who receive federally-funded free or reduced-price school lunches still miss out on similar meals during the summer.
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