lunch program
School feeding initiative
A lunch program is a system providing meals to students during the school day.
In the U.S., free and reduced lunch programs serve children from low-income families, often funded by the federal government.
School lunch programs address both nutrition and food insecurity: She qualified for the free lunch program.
The phrase sometimes appears in debates about social welfare spending.
- school cafeteriaStudent dining facility
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- reducedMade less in amount
- schoolPlace of instruction
brown bag · tray · nutrition · subsidized · means tested · meal · students · federal · eligibility · food · hungry · voucher · breakfast · SNAP · poverty · children · hot · line
- public schoolselementary school, middle school, high school, kindergarten, classroom
- elder caresenior care, aged care, elderly care, gerontologist, geriatrician
- food aidfood assistance, food relief, food stamps, food pantry, food donations
- school programsAP, honors, scholarship, AP classes, honors classes
- School Policyschool reform, school board, school funding, school district, education ministry
- schoolsprimary school, school, college, academy, high school
lunch programfood insecurity
Uncertain access to adequate meals
hunger · starvation · going hungry · fasting · malnutrition
lunch programpacked lunch
Pre-prepared portable midday meal
brown-bagging · fend for yourself · sack lunch · self-catering · eating out
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