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Summer Food Service Program
February 3rd, 2010 | 
Author: Tight economy emphasizes need for Summer Food Service Program
Federal monies will fund important feeding program
Current economic conditions will make a program that feeds needy children during the summer even more important this year, state health officials say.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will soon start accepting applications for groups to participate in the Summer Food Service Program. The program uses federal funds to provide free meals to low-income children under age 18 during the summer when school breakfast and lunch programs are not operating.
“Just as learning does not stop during the summer time, neither does the need for children to have nutritious meals,” said Susan White, assistant chief of the health department’s Bureau of Community Food and Nutrition Assistance. “This program provides a vital nutrition link between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next.” Read the rest of this entry »
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