Governor Cuomo Unveils Comprehensive "No Student Goes Hungry Proposal"
Governor Cuomo Unveils Comprehensive "No Student Goes Hungry Proposal"
New York State would be the first state to require every public campus to have a food pantry among other food security strides? Could anything be better than this, could legislators resist the passing of this proposal?
Advocates are thrilled; a coalition of 70 organizations issued a statement supporting the 15th proposal.
The unveiling of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 15th proposal of the 2018 State of the State launch of a comprehensive program to provide students of all ages, backgrounds and financial situations access to healthy, locally-sourced meals from kindergarten through college is timely and should attract the needed support at all levels
"No Student Goes Hungry Program" includes investments to expand the Farm to School program, legislation to expand access to free breakfast and put an end to lunch shaming, and policy changes to ensure students in kindergarten through college receive access to farm-fresh foods in a quality learning environment.
The Program, if passed into law shall provide students in need with locally-grown, quality meals, which will support and improved learning experience for children of all ages
According to Governor Cuomo, "No child should ever go hungry, and by launching the No Student Goes Hungry Program, New York will ensure hundreds of thousands of students of all ages will receive access to free and reduced-price meals. This program is essential to the success of future New York leaders and this administration remains committed to removing barriers to healthy food options, while providing a supportive, effective learning environment for students across this great state."
There are nearly 2.7 million New Yorkers, including almost 1 million children, who do not have consistent access to the food they need to live an active, healthy life.
Child hunger is often associated with lower grades, higher rates of absenteeism, repeating a grade, and an inability to focus among students, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For many children, the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program offer the best opportunity to receive a regular nutritious meal. Yet, while nearly 60 percent of students in New York public schools are currently eligible to receive a free or reduced-price breakfast at school, only 34 percent of these students eat breakfast on any given day, according to the New York State Education Department.
The program has a five-point plan:
End Lunch Shaming Statewide
Lunch shaming is a disgraceful practice in some schools where children are publicly humiliated in front of their peers by adults for not having money for lunch. In many cases, these students are forced to wear a sticker or bracelet, or have their name called over the loud speaker. In other cases, these students are given alternative, lesser quality lunches, such as a cold cheese sandwich when other students get hot lunches and sometimes children are simply being denied food if they cannot pay.
There will be immediate end of this practice of lunch shaming of any kind if the proposal scale through.
First, it will prohibit any public act to humiliate a student who cannot afford lunch.
Second, it will ban alternative lunches and require students to receive the same lunch as others starting in the 2018-19 school year.
Require Breakfast "After the Bell"
In order to allow students to have breakfast and to prevent them from going hungry during morning classes, Governor Cuomo proposal will require schools with more than 70 percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch to provide breakfast after the school day has begun for the next school year. In successful breakfast after the bell programs, schools can either serve breakfast in the classroom, or offer nutritious vending machines options to ensure that students have access to breakfast as they start their day.
To ease the transition, the state will provide technical assistance and capital funds for equipment such as coolers and vending machines to support breakfast after the bell. An estimated $7 million in capital funds will support expanded breakfast for 1,400 schools.
Expand the Farm to School Program
New York will double the state's investment in the Farm to School program to support the use of healthy, local, New York foods in school districts across the state.
The Farm to School program was created to connect schools with local farmers and offers technical assistance and capacity in the school to source products locally to help schools provide students with nutritious meals from food produced by local farms.
Governor Cuomo proposes doubling the state's investment to add an $750,000 for a total of $1.5 million in Farm to School projects. If passed, the program would serve an estimated total of 18 projects and 328,000 additional students, bringing the estimated total number of students served to 652,000.
Increase the Use of Farm-Fresh, Locally Grown Foods at School
The program will encourage nutritious, locally grown foods aim to support healthy eating habits which is critical to the development of children by incentivizing school districts to use more local farm-fresh products.
Governor Cuomo will propose an increase in the reimbursement schools receive for lunches from the current 5.9 cents per meal to 25 cents per meal for any district that purchases at least 30 percent ingredients from New York farms. This is a win-win for students as well as New York's local farms.
Require Food Pantries on All SUNY and CUNY Campuses
To ensure consistent healthy food options are available to young adults on college campuses, according to a report and survey done by several national campus organizations, Hunger on Campus, which found that 48 percent of survey respondents experienced food insecurity in the last 30 days, the Governor proposes a $1 million state investment for schools to implement the program which will require all SUNY and CUNY schools to either provide physical food pantries on campus, or enable students to receive food through a separate arrangement that is stigma-free.
New Yorkers you better start writing to your Representatives now in support of this laudable bill.
Source
Food Politics
New York Press Office
New York State would be the first state to require every public campus to have a food pantry among other food security strides? Could anything be better than this, could legislators resist the passing of this proposal?
Advocates are thrilled; a coalition of 70 organizations issued a statement supporting the 15th proposal.
The unveiling of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 15th proposal of the 2018 State of the State launch of a comprehensive program to provide students of all ages, backgrounds and financial situations access to healthy, locally-sourced meals from kindergarten through college is timely and should attract the needed support at all levels
"No Student Goes Hungry Program" includes investments to expand the Farm to School program, legislation to expand access to free breakfast and put an end to lunch shaming, and policy changes to ensure students in kindergarten through college receive access to farm-fresh foods in a quality learning environment.
The Program, if passed into law shall provide students in need with locally-grown, quality meals, which will support and improved learning experience for children of all ages
According to Governor Cuomo, "No child should ever go hungry, and by launching the No Student Goes Hungry Program, New York will ensure hundreds of thousands of students of all ages will receive access to free and reduced-price meals. This program is essential to the success of future New York leaders and this administration remains committed to removing barriers to healthy food options, while providing a supportive, effective learning environment for students across this great state."
There are nearly 2.7 million New Yorkers, including almost 1 million children, who do not have consistent access to the food they need to live an active, healthy life.
Child hunger is often associated with lower grades, higher rates of absenteeism, repeating a grade, and an inability to focus among students, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For many children, the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program offer the best opportunity to receive a regular nutritious meal. Yet, while nearly 60 percent of students in New York public schools are currently eligible to receive a free or reduced-price breakfast at school, only 34 percent of these students eat breakfast on any given day, according to the New York State Education Department.
The program has a five-point plan:
End Lunch Shaming Statewide
Lunch shaming is a disgraceful practice in some schools where children are publicly humiliated in front of their peers by adults for not having money for lunch. In many cases, these students are forced to wear a sticker or bracelet, or have their name called over the loud speaker. In other cases, these students are given alternative, lesser quality lunches, such as a cold cheese sandwich when other students get hot lunches and sometimes children are simply being denied food if they cannot pay.
There will be immediate end of this practice of lunch shaming of any kind if the proposal scale through.
First, it will prohibit any public act to humiliate a student who cannot afford lunch.
Second, it will ban alternative lunches and require students to receive the same lunch as others starting in the 2018-19 school year.
Require Breakfast "After the Bell"
In order to allow students to have breakfast and to prevent them from going hungry during morning classes, Governor Cuomo proposal will require schools with more than 70 percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch to provide breakfast after the school day has begun for the next school year. In successful breakfast after the bell programs, schools can either serve breakfast in the classroom, or offer nutritious vending machines options to ensure that students have access to breakfast as they start their day.
To ease the transition, the state will provide technical assistance and capital funds for equipment such as coolers and vending machines to support breakfast after the bell. An estimated $7 million in capital funds will support expanded breakfast for 1,400 schools.
Expand the Farm to School Program
New York will double the state's investment in the Farm to School program to support the use of healthy, local, New York foods in school districts across the state.
The Farm to School program was created to connect schools with local farmers and offers technical assistance and capacity in the school to source products locally to help schools provide students with nutritious meals from food produced by local farms.
Governor Cuomo proposes doubling the state's investment to add an $750,000 for a total of $1.5 million in Farm to School projects. If passed, the program would serve an estimated total of 18 projects and 328,000 additional students, bringing the estimated total number of students served to 652,000.
Increase the Use of Farm-Fresh, Locally Grown Foods at School
The program will encourage nutritious, locally grown foods aim to support healthy eating habits which is critical to the development of children by incentivizing school districts to use more local farm-fresh products.
Governor Cuomo will propose an increase in the reimbursement schools receive for lunches from the current 5.9 cents per meal to 25 cents per meal for any district that purchases at least 30 percent ingredients from New York farms. This is a win-win for students as well as New York's local farms.
Require Food Pantries on All SUNY and CUNY Campuses
To ensure consistent healthy food options are available to young adults on college campuses, according to a report and survey done by several national campus organizations, Hunger on Campus, which found that 48 percent of survey respondents experienced food insecurity in the last 30 days, the Governor proposes a $1 million state investment for schools to implement the program which will require all SUNY and CUNY schools to either provide physical food pantries on campus, or enable students to receive food through a separate arrangement that is stigma-free.
New Yorkers you better start writing to your Representatives now in support of this laudable bill.
Source
Food Politics
New York Press Office
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