Zoë Neuberger
Center on Budget
Washington, DC, United States
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Streamlining and Modernizing WIC Enrollment
With current rules and funding, WIC agencies can simplify certification practices to reach more eligible families. → Read More
Yet Another Reason to Make Sure Young Children Have Enough to Eat
Toddlers living in food-insecure families are likelier to perform poorly when they enter school, a recent study found. It’s more evidence that SNAP and WIC, by reducing food insecurity, can pay off both now and in the future. → Read More
SNAP and WIC Help Young Children Now and in the Future
The federal budget season will soon begin, so it’s a good time to remind policymakers about the research showing how important SNAP (food stamps) and WIC are for children, many of whom face the dual risks of poverty and food insecurity. One in five children live in poverty; one in six live in families that have trouble putting enough food on the table. → Read More
House Proposal to Block-Grant School Meal Programs Would Put Children’s Nutrition at Risk
Converting the school meal programs, which feed nutritious meals to 22 million low-income children daily in over 95,000 schools, into a block grant poses serious risks to children’s diets, health, and academic performance. → Read More
Proposed WIC Changes Would Weaken Efforts to Cut Costs and Fight Fraud
A bill from Rep. → Read More
School Meals Block Grant Proposal Gambles With Children’s Basic Nutrition
We’ve cautioned that Rep. → Read More
How Would Bill Restricting School Meals Option Affect Your Community?
A bill recently introduced in the House severely restricting the community eligibility option, which allows high-poverty schools to provide breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students, could force 7,000 schools across the country to reinstate applications and resume monitoring students’ eligibility in the lunch lines. We’ve organized our list of those 7,000 schools — which serve nearly 3.4… → Read More
House Bill Restricting Free School Meals Option Could Increase Food Insecurity in High-Poverty Neighborhoods
If this bill becomes law, 7,022 schools now using community eligibility to simplify their meal programs and improve access for low-income students would have to reinstate applications and return to monitoring eligibility in the lunch line within two years. → Read More
How Would High-Poverty Schools in Your Community Fare Under the House Child Nutrition Bill?
A child nutrition reauthorization bill that Rep. Todd Rokita, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, introduced yesterday would severely restrict schools’ eligibility for community eligibility — an option within the national school lunch and breakfast programs allowing high-poverty schools to provide meals at no charge to all students. → Read More
Proposal to Restrict Free School Meals Option Could Increase Food Insecurity in High-Poverty Neighborhoods
A discussion draft of a child nutrition reauthorization bill that the House Education and Workforce Committee may soon consider includes a provision that would severely restrict schools’ eligibility for community eligibility, an option within the national school lunch and breakfast programs allowing high-poverty schools to provide meals at no charge to all students.[1] If this proposal becomes… → Read More
WIC Works: Addressing the Nutrition and Health Needs of Low-Income Families for 40 Years
What Works to Reduce Poverty As part of Policy Futures, we examine “what works” when it comes to federal and state policies and programs to reduce poverty and promote opportunity for low-income Americans. We synthesize and amplify the work of poverty researchers around the country on program effectiveness. This effort is designed to inform discussions about new investments in anti-poverty… → Read More