Including Community Eligibility Provision in Your Back-to-School Plans

While the pandemic has wrought crisis after crisis, one bright spot has been kids' and teens' universal access to school meals, and the school nutrition heroes behind those meals. As many districts are wondering how to preserve this important benefit for students as they head back to school, join us to learn more about the Community Eligibility Provision and how it might fit into your back-to-school plans! Whether you are new to CEP or have experience with the provision, all are welcome to join.

Update on Summer 2021 Waiver Extensions

Share Our Strength, the Food Research & Action Center, Feeding America and YMCA of the USA review details of USDA's extension of Child Nutrition flexibilities affecting the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option (SSO). This webinar highlights key aspects of the waiver extensions and ways that organizations have utilized the waivers to-date.

 

Meal Quality and COVID-19: Adaptability, Creativity, and Innovation

Learn about how school nutrition directors across the county have adapted their meal programs during COVID-19, while ensuring meal quality remains a top priority. We heard about how school nutrition directors have applied creativity to their menus to keep them fresh, how they’ve utilized scratch and semi-scratch cooking for bulk meals, and how to master meal quality no matter the size of the district during COVID-19.

 

Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy and Practice Opportunities to Support Children of Immigrants During COVID-19 and Beyond

Join No Kid Hungry as we continue to highlight solutions, challenges and lingering questions around the Covid-19 response. For this session, we featured what immigrant-inclusive policies and strategies are available at the federal and state level along with what policy-makers can do to promote equitable and immigrant-inclusive policies such as Pandemic EBT. Our speakers highlighted the effectiveness of these policies in responding to the pandemic-triggered economic hardships among immigrant children and families.

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