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 District of Columbia summer programs for children and youth will participate in the DC Free Summer Meals Program.
The Plan to End Childhood Hunger
Expand reach of summer meals programs
Kids who get by when school’s in session thanks to breakfast and lunch programs can be left in the cold when the weather gets hot. With the support of D.C. Hunger Solutions, the District has already taken an important step by improving the D.C. Free Summer Meals Program – but there are still more children and youth to reach.
Two-Year Action Plan
- Reach out to summer programs not currently participating.
- Provide technical guidance to improve nutritional quality of summer meals.
- Explore avenues to lengthen the availability of the program to cover entirety of summer break
Action Steps
- Increase awareness about the summer meals program.
- Increase the number of sites participating in the program.
Measures of Success
- Number / % of eligible District school children participating in free summer meals program.
- Number of sites / providers participating in free summer meals program.
- Distribution of sites versus target population