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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

  1. Providing all District children a healthy breakfast
  2. Encouraging healthy food choices
  3. Helping families meet needs at home with food stamps
  4. Improving working families' economic security
  5. Increasing families' access to fresh produce
  6. Helping after-school programs provide healthy meals and snacks
  7. Expanding reach of summer meals programs
  8. Ensuring access to balanced, nutritious diets for all pregnant women and preschool children
  9. Ensuring access to nutritious food in shelters and food pantries
  10. Providing comprehensive public education about available assistance

Ten-Year Goal

Low-income families will have access to nutritious food in family shelters and neighborhood food pantries, as necessary.

The Plan to End Childhood Hunger

Ensure access to nutritious food in shelters and food pantries

Hard times are a fact of life for many families. There will always be families and individuals who are forced to rely on shelters or other emergency help, either for the short term or for a long stretch. Such periods are rough on children in many ways, all of which can be compounded by hunger. We’ll work with the Capital Area Food Bank and others make sure the District maintains its impressive network of neighborhood food pantries, and work with shelters to ensure that kids who use their services stay connected to the network of nutrition programs that can assure they continue to eat.

Two-Year Action Plan

  • Provide technical assistance to shelters to ensure that all eligible children are participating in federal nutrition programs.
  • Work with the District government, food retailers and shelter operators to increase food and nutrition resources for children in homeless, domestic violence and runaway shelters.

Action Steps

  • Provide access to food to homeless children. Maintain emergency food networks.

Measures of Success

  • Number / % of homeless (children) reached through network.
  • Number or people served through the food pantry network