Child Nutrition Programs Prevent Childhood Hunger.

In New York State, one in six children age 18 and under are food insecure. This means that too many children are missing out on good nutrition necessary for positive academic, physical, emotional, and social development. 

 

Click on any of the child nutrition program links above and discover how federal child nutrition programs are helping children grow, learn, and play. 

The Nutrition Consortium of NYS’ now has a monthly e-newsletter and quarterly Child Nutrition e-News with advocacy alerts, policy updates, hunger-related research, and more!  Go to our agency homepage and enter your contact info to sign-up today! 

End Hunger 2015

President Barack Obama announced a commitment to end hunger in the United States by 2015.  Click here to read his plan to eliminate hunger by strengthening nutrition assistance programs.  More information on the 2015 goal can be found here.   

 

Click here to read response from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) on how to end child hunger by 2015. 

Click here to read the Nutrition Consortium's submitted recommendations to the USDA on how to reach the 2015 goal.