This is still critical: please share and contact your Rep to pass the #FamiliesFirst Act in response to #COVID19.

After a busy, stressful and uncertain week working on #CoronavirusUSA response, it’s comforting to babysit my 2 year old nephew and read Guess How Much I Love You three times in a row.

For all of the heroes out there feeding kids while schools are closed due to #CoronavirusOutbreak, check out this additional funding opportunity! 👇 Stacey McDaniel @SchoolMealsRock

The need right now is staggering due to #COVIDー19, but I couldn’t be prouder to work for an organization doing its absolute best to meet it.

🚨MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD🚨 SNAP effectively feeds hungry kids. That’s why we need to come together to urge Congress to strengthen SNAP with the next #COVID19 relief package. Use your voice today, & help hungry kids 🗣 bit.ly/3bxobiM #SNAPMatters

Congress found funds to help big companies in past #COVID19 relief packages. Let’s make sure they find money to help hungry kids in the next relief package. Take action by joining our SNAP Day of Action. 🗣️ bit.ly/37AotEs #SNAPFeedsKids

We need to get something done to help families who are afraid of losing their homes. We need to get something done that keeps kids from going hungry. But Senate Republicans REALLY, SERIOUSLY want to make sure that there’s a tax deduction for three martini business lunches.

Have we set a record for rainbows 🌈 so far this year in DC? Or do I just notice them more now that I’m not in an interior cubicle all day? Capital Weather Gang

Whether kids are learning at a school desk or their kitchen table, they need food to fuel them. Because of #COVID19, many children are facing the school year without the nutrition they need to learn & thrive. It doesn’t have to be this way. Take action: bit.ly/3htnryi

Wonderful news for a Friday! Now schools & sponsors can operate the summer meals programs through this entire school year. No Kid Hungry

#AfterschoolMeals just turned ten! Check out the new No Kid Hungry report detailing the dramatic growth and opportunities to improve access to this underutilized program.

The health of our kids is non-partisan! Congress needs 2 extend the statutory authority 4 USDA to issue waivers 4 child nutrition programs like summer & school meals. w/o an extension of this authority, USDA can’t provide child nutrition COVID related waivers past June 30, 2022

73% of schools have staff shortages. Congress: Don't make it harder for them to feed kids this summer and next school year. Include #ChildNutrition waivers in the #omnibus TODAY. Call Congress now with our tool: bit.ly/3hSDgQJ

It’s a frustrating misconception because that’s not at all what #childnutrition waivers have been about this past year - the waivers help schools stay open and safely feed kids despite supply chain & labor challenges.

Today, Congress failed our kids by not clearing the path for USDA to extend critical #ChildNutrition waivers. But this isn't over. We urge Congress to include USDA waiver authority in the omnibus bill before its final passage. Our full statement: bit.ly/3hQcvwq

👇 required reading for anyone in food policy, especially non-parents. Parents like me are already well aware! (Although I’m newly disgusted by the similac I fed my son for months…)

BREAKING: The House has passed the #KeepKidsFed Act by a vote of 376-42. This is good news, but it's not over yet. The bill now goes to the Senate and it's important that they pass it so kids can get the meals they need!

Call your senators. Keep up the momentum and let's #KeepKidsFed. Use our tool to quickly get connected with your senators: bit.ly/3bqHjDS