USDA allocates close to $2B for school meals, food banks
Sept. 15, 2022
To help mitigate the impact of supply chain issues and high food costs, the USDA announced this week it is providing almost $2 billion to help school meal programs and food banks ensure children and families have access to foods grown domestically. About $500 million will be allocated to schools nationwide for their lunch and breakfast programs, about $1 billion is targeted toward food for emergency food providers, and approximately $500 million will go to expand the Local Food Purchase Assistance cooperative agreement program.