Nom Nom Nom: President Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Provides Free Meals for All Detroit SchoolsBy stopthemadness aka ABL on August 19th, 2011
Reason Number Eleventy that I Support Our President  A new program enacted under President Obama’s Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act authorized the USDA to select up to three states to test the Community Eligibility Option, and long story short — all students in Detroit Public Schools will receive free breakfast, lunch and snacks.
Free healthy food for Detroit children!
That’s what Obama’s talkin’ about:
All Detroit Public Schools students will receive free breakfast, lunch and snacks in an effort to remove the stigma of being from a low-income family.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture program chose Michigan as one of three states to participate in the pilot program. Charter schools and districts in Michigan can participate if at least 40% of students are eligible for public assistance.
“One of the primary goals of this program is to eliminate the stigma that students feel when they get a free lunch, as opposed to paying cash,” said DPS Chief Operating Officer Mark Schrupp. “Some students would skip important meals to avoid being identified as low-income. Now, all students will walk through a lunch line and not have to pay. Low-income students will not be easily identifiable and will be less likely to skip meals.”
Although not required to participate, parents are still being asked to fill out a survey that includes income analysis to ensure that children, schools and the district will continue to receive millions of dollars in benefits and resources from the state and federal governments, as well as private grants. Program funding dependent on the surveys includes tutoring, after-school programs, field trips, technology and equipment, DDOT bus cards, free college testing, enrichment activities and others.
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