Students missing out on meal programs
DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: "The good news is that more Texas students are taking advantage of federally funded free summer meals offered throughout the state.
The not-so-good news is that though the state's numbers have increased since 2000, tens of thousands of students might still go hungry, according to a recent report by the Food Research and Action Center, a group based in Washington, D.C., that works to eradicate hunger.
Between 2000 and 2004, the number of Texas children fed by the summer meals programs increased by 5.9 percent, according to the report.
But the food programs in 2004 reached only 8.2 percent, or 198,365, of the more than 2.4 million low-income Texas schoolchildren eligible for free summer meals. Nationwide, 19 percent of eligible low-income children were served by the programs. The findings are based on U.S. Department of Agriculture data."
The not-so-good news is that though the state's numbers have increased since 2000, tens of thousands of students might still go hungry, according to a recent report by the Food Research and Action Center, a group based in Washington, D.C., that works to eradicate hunger.
Between 2000 and 2004, the number of Texas children fed by the summer meals programs increased by 5.9 percent, according to the report.
But the food programs in 2004 reached only 8.2 percent, or 198,365, of the more than 2.4 million low-income Texas schoolchildren eligible for free summer meals. Nationwide, 19 percent of eligible low-income children were served by the programs. The findings are based on U.S. Department of Agriculture data."
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