School Nutrition Association advocates for universal free meals, additional funding in 2023 position paper
Rising costs plus labor and supply chain disruptions make it difficult to run school nutrition programs, the SNA says, adding that programs will be "financially unsustainable" if higher meal reimbursement rates expire this summer as planned.
New York lawmakers call for universal free school meals to be included in state budget
Over 726,000 students in the state lost access to free school meals after USDA waivers that provided free meals to all students expired last summer.