Families brace for changes to pandemic-era free school meals
“’Families across the country are facing a very difficult reality of having to choose between feeding their kids or filling up their gas tank or purchasing medicine,’ said Vince Hall, chief government relations officer for Feeding America, a nonprofit network of food banks.
The rules are set to revert to how they were before the coronavirus pandemic, with families who are eligible based on income required to apply for their children to receive free or reduced-price lunch. Schools in predominantly low-income areas will be allowed to serve breakfast and lunch to everyone for free, as before.”