School Nutrition Policy Coalition Sample Fact Sheet

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of families are struggling, some for the very first time, to put food on the table. Many more students now qualify for free and reduced-price lunch.1 There are children who will not qualify for free meals at school, but with the economic volatility, their parents are finding it difficult to feed their children a healthy meal. And then there are the families that may move in and out of eligibility throughout the school year. This fact sheets covers H.R. 7887, the Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act.