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6/19/19 Summer Food Service Program 2019 Infographic USDA
7/17/18 Summer feeding programs can help prime kids for a successful school year — and life Kansas City Star
7/10/19 Successful Approaches to Reduce Sodium in School Meals Study USDA
3/19/19 Success with Meatless Mondays depends on staff training, 'well-prepared' recipes Education Dive
10/10/19 Study: Students Aren’t Getting Enough Time To Eat Lunch CBS Philly
10/25/20 Study: Participation in afterschool nutrition programs was rising before pandemic Fern's Ag Insider
7/7/20 Study: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act led to significant decline in childhood obesity among children living in poverty Food Management
6/18/19 Study: Children More Likely To Gain Weight During Summer Months WLNY-TV
8/31/21 Study: Child obesity rates increase during pandemic Washington Post
3/18/24 Study: CEP participation tied to reduced obesity HealthDay News
7/27/23 Study to consider effect of school meals on mental health KNWA-TV/KFTA-TV (Fayetteville, Ark)
5/1/19 Study Shows Children More Likely To Face Hunger Than Overall Population Across America Feeding America via PR Newswire and Yahoo
4/15/24 Study says parent perceptions of school meals influence student participation in school meal programs Elsevier
2/25/20 Study finds healthiness of school meals improved with the implementation of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act regulations Food Management
9/23/20 Study estimates 1.15 billion school meals missed last spring Food Management
11/22/19 Students Who Eat Breakfast Perform Better on Standardized Tests, Study Finds Newsweek
3/17/20 Students to pick up 1-week supply of meals at bus stop each week of school closure Fox 9
1/28/22 Students successfully lobby for strawberry milk SeacoastOnline
12/20/21 Students receive extra food for holiday bank WTIC-TV
9/13/21 Students rave about school meals WJTV-TV (Jackson, Miss.)
10/3/22 Students missing out on school meals because of cost Wisconsin Public Radio
7/8/22 Students make the most honest school lunch taste testers Wall Street Journal
11/8/18 Students lunch with veterans The Vindicator
7/31/23 Students lobby for more plant-based school meal options Food Navigator
10/19/21 Students help make choices on school food KLTV-TV
2/6/20 Students do better when they have time to eat and play Anchorage Daily News
4/18/23 Students are struggling with school lunch debt Prism Reports
2/8/22 Student spurs solution to long lunch lines The Press Democrat
10/31/22 Student school meal debt is ballooning in many districts. Here’s why Education Week
7/6/23 Student participation in school meal program dips after universal meals end K-12 Dive
1/14/23 Student lunch debt skyrocketing across country CBS News
12/2/22 Student lunch debt is expected to rise. TikTokers to the rescue? EdWeek
8/5/21 Student garden club teaches about food, nutrition KKCO-TV
10/19/20 Stretching your budget with USDA Foods School Nutrition Magazine
12/23/20 Stimulus bill includes funds to offset child nutrition program losses Food Management
9/22/23 States want to put more local food on school lunch trays. What does that mean, exactly? Modern Farmer
12/31/22 States put free school meals on the menu Politico
1/2/24 States opt out of Summer EBT program FoodService Director
1/9/23 States eye universal school meals ahead of legislative sessions K-12 Dive
3/13/20 States Begin Widespread School Closures To Fight Coronavirus NPR
3/30/23 States are looking for ways to make free school meals permanent NPR
5/31/23 States are fighting to bring back free school meals Civil Eats
9/2/21 State school nutrition programs get $10M in federal COVID funds to attract, retain staff WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
6/5/19 State of Obesity School Meals and Snacks The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
12/16/21 State looks to farmers to fill supply chain gap in school cafeterias UpNorthNews
4/20/22 State legislatures propose universal school meals K-12 Dive
7/7/20 Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food Politico
2/26/21 Stanly County Schools to provide meal bundles during Spring Break Stanly News and Press
8/27/21 Staff and product shortages, delivery delays hamper fall school start Food Management
3/10/22 Special meals mark National School Breakfast Week WTIC-TV (Hartford, Conn.)

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