How American students can get free breakfast and lunch in the summer

Children who usually get free meals at school during the school year often face the problem of lack of such support during the summer period. To solve this problem, the USDA proposed a program Summer Food Servicewhich will help children from low-income families to eat quality foods all summer.

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Last year, about 3,8 million children received their free breakfasts and dinners in more than 50 000 outlets offering this opportunity throughout the country, writes The Penny Hoarder.

How to become a member of the Summer Food Service program in your state?

First you need to make sure that your income meets a certain level - to do this, pay attention to the data this site.

Free food points range from school to independent sponsor locations. Some states have maps of such places, and the USDA offers national interactive mapwhich will help you find the point nearest you.

To find out more about locations near you, call the National Hunger Hotline at: 1-866-3-HUNGRY. You can also send SMS with the word “FOOD” to the number: 877-877.

Assistance in some US states:

California

Use USDA cardto find the nearest free food outlet.

Colorado

Call toll free Colorado's Hunger hotline by number: 855-855-4626 or use USDA card.

Florida

Summer program Summer breakspot Florida does not require an application - all you have to do is show up during lunch distribution. Some service providers also offer low-cost summer activities for children, which you can find out about by calling ahead. You can find local locations here.

Illinois

Contact the program office in this state at: 217-782-2491. You can learn more here.

Nevada

Find out where kids can get food twice a day at the website. Nevada Department of Agriculture.

New Jersey

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture offers a list of places where you can get free food - look for the link in the middle of this page.

New York

Any child or teenager of 18 years and under may receive free breakfast and lunch in the summer, it does not need registration or ID. In addition to points in five districts of the city, use USDA interactive map.

Oregon

Choose your city ​​from the list, to study the map points for the issuance of free food in Oregon.

Texas

Texas Department of Agriculture offers interactive map to find places where children can get their breakfasts and dinners.

Utah

Visit the site Utahns Against Hungerto find points of issue of summer dinners.

Washington, DC

To search for free food points in this state, use USDA card.

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