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CHILDHOOD HUNGER DOESN'T TAKE A SUMMER VACATION

Thursday, June 23, 2005

About 2.9 million children from low-income families received lunches at parks, schools, religious congregations, and other community sites through either the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) or the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) on an average day in July 2004. Unfortunately, that meant only 19 children were fed in the federal summer nutrition programs for every 100 who receive a free or reduced-price school lunch during the regular school year, according to the new report "Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation" from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). Participation nationally in summer nutrition has declined in five consecutive years.

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