Addressing Food Security in Your Afterschool and Summer Learning Program

Students or staff might ask themselves on any given day:

1.  Did I eat?
2.  Did I have enough to eat?
3.  What would I like to eat?

Increasingly, students rely on school cafeteria food for food security. Many in our programs eat breakfast, lunch and a snack or meal during our care; many have nothing to eat when they go home. We have opportunities to play a vital role in the food security of the students we serve.

This article, originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of AfterSchool Today magazine, offers insight and ways to adapt your role in students’ food security to help them achieve the goals and vision your program has identified to help address community needs.