Improving child nutrition is the focal point of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The legislation authorizes funding and sets policy for USDA’s core child nutrition programs: the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), the Summer Food Service Program, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act allows USDA, for the first time in over 30 years, the opportunity to make real reforms to the school lunch and breakfast programs by improving the critical nutrition and hunger safety net for millions of children.

Families may use any of the following methods to locate sites that serve free meals to children during the summer:

Call 1.866.3Hungry (1-866-348-6479) or 1.877.8Hambre (1-877-842-6273)

Text “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 914-342-7744 during the summer months

Use the website:  https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder