Each day, families struggle with food security and the ability to provide their children with healthy meals that fuel their minds and bodies. A new fact sheet from Pennsylvania Partnerships for Childen explains why universal free school breakfast is critical to student success and how policymakers can ensure that.
Free school breakfast is available to all Pennsylvania students this school year. However, this initiative will expire without additional 2023-24 state budget funding. We're asking policymakers to support an investment of $61.5 million for the School Food Services Program that includes:
- $51 million to expand free school breakfast for all students and to cover the costs for all students receiving reduced lunch; and
- $10.5 million to continue the current program.
No student should go hungry. This investment would help alleviate poverty, support good nutrition, advance learning, and improve overall health.
