Rising child hunger will devastate our children's development, growth, and community success.
Child hunger was a crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic and has only worsened. Now, child hunger is reaching dangerous new heights.
U.S. households with children by food security status of adults and children (2020)
Note: In most instances, when children are food insecure, the adults in the household are also food insecure.
Source: USDA, Economic Reserarch Service, using data from the December 2020 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement, U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: CBPP analysis of Census Bureau Household Pulse
Survey public use file for January 20-February 1, 2021
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Exinn Meal Service’s MISSION is to provide the best quality food for breakfast, lunch, and snacks to children of centers or institutions enrolled in the Child Care Food Program (CCFP). The CCFP has two related programs, the Afterschool Meals Program and the Homeless Children Nutrition Program, administered by the Bureau of Child Care Food Programs and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. The programs provide nutritious meals and snacks to children through public-private partnerships with organizations committed to caring for children.
To find out how your organization can participate in the Child Care Food Program, Afterschool Meals Program, or Homeless Children Nutrition Program, please visit the page on becoming a Child Care Food Program provider.
