More than 34 million people, including 9 million children, in the U.S. are food insecure, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soaring food prices are adding strains on families who are seeing reductions in many kinds of financial assistance.
March 11, 2023 GMTStudents select their meal during lunch break in the cafeteria at V. H. Lassen Academy of Science and Nutrition in Phoenix, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Students select their meal during lunch break in the cafeteria at V. H. Lassen Academy of Science and Nutrition in Phoenix, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.
PHOENIX — America’s schools say kids are hungry — just as pandemic-era benefit programs have lapsed. There is growing concern about the effects on kids’ ability to learn.
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