Get The Facts
Download the brochure (PDF, 3MB) which explains how together we will end childhood hunger.
Or for more details, download the complete Plan To End Childhood Hunger in the Nation's Capital (PDF, 6.56MB).
The Ten-Part Plan
- Providing all District children a healthy breakfast
- Encouraging healthy food choices
- Helping families meet needs at home with food stamps
- Improving working families' economic security
- Increasing families' access to fresh produce
- Helping after-school programs provide healthy meals and snacks
- Expanding reach of summer meals programs
- Ensuring access to balanced, nutritious diets for all pregnant women and preschool children
- Ensuring access to nutritious food in shelters and food pantries
- Providing comprehensive public education about available assistance
Ten-Year Goal
All eligible District of Columbia families will know about the food and nutrition programs available to them.
The Plan to End Childhood Hunger
Provide comprehensive public education about available assistance
One theme rings clear throughout this plan: families need better information about all the assistance that’s available to help them provide for their children. The Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in the Nation’s Capital will work to provide information in a comprehensive way, and make sure the message gets through.
Two-Year Action Plan
- Create and distribute compelling, targeted informational materials for students and parents.
- Develop and distribute public service announcements through popular media outlets.
- Recruit students as peer spokespeople, and promote breakfast and lunch through in-school programs.
- Launch community-wide social marketing efforts to spur volunteerism, donations and support for ending childhood hunger.
Action Steps
- Survey residents to assess knowledge of the availability of food and nutrition services.
Measures of Success
- Increase in the number of inquiries about food and nutrition education programs
- Increase in knowledge about food and nutrition programs.