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Hawaiʻi public schools serve green eggs and ham fried rice featuring local green onions
Participating Hawaiʻi public schools, including Moanalua Elementary, served green eggs and ham fried rice for breakfast this month, featuring local green onions. This special breakfast item is being featured in light of National Read Across America Week and National School Breakfast Week, both which took place in the first week of March. The effort is […]
Local apple bananas featured on Hawaiʻi public school breakfast menus
Participating Hawaiʻi public schools served banana sheet pancakes for breakfast this month, featuring local apple bananas. The effort is part of the Department’s farm-to-school initiative which aims to enhance food sustainability in Hawai‘i and aligns with Act 175, which focuses on improving the health of students while supporting local farmers.
Maui Prep receives $48,000 in Rotary D5000 Foundation funds for school lunch program
In a continued effort to support the community after the Maui wildfires of 2023, the Rotary D5000 Fire Relief Fund has donated $48,160 to the Maui Preparatory Academy school lunch program for the fire-affected students and faculty.
Applications open today for Sun Bucks Program, bridging summer nutrition gap for 100,000 Hawaiʻi keiki
Summer EBT, also called SUN Bucks, is a new and permanent program to provide benefits to households with school-aged children to purchase food during the summer. Households will receive $177 for each qualifying child, to be spent during the summer months.
Hawaiʻi sponsors sought for Summer Food Service Program to provide meals to kids
The US Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program is seeking sponsor organizations on all islands to help provide children in low-income communities with free meals during the summer months.
Hawaiʻi delegation urges USDA to provide all Maui students with free school meals
The lawmakers’ request for would help to alleviate burdens, providing thousands of students across the island with access to healthy, nutritious meals at no cost to their families as they deal with post-wildfire impacts.
Hawaiʻi sees first school meal reimbursement rate increase in 40 years
Hawaiʻi’s reimbursement rate for school meals and other federal child nutrition programs has been increased to 30% above the continental US rates, which is projected to bring an additional $8 million a year to Hawaiʻi to support healthy meals for children.
Rate increase will bring in $8 million per year to feed Hawaiʻi’s keiki
The US Department of Agriculture this week announced that Hawaiʻi’s reimbursement rates for school lunch and other federal child nutrition programs will be increased by 13%.
Sponsors sought for Summer Food Service Program
The US Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program is seeking sponsor organizations on all islands to help provide children in low-income communities with free meals during the summer months. The SFSP provides nutritious meals that help children to learn, play, and grow during the summer break when many schools are not in session.
Hawaiʻi schools to receive $1.4M for healthy meals
Hawai‘i schools will receive more than $1.4 million in new federal funding from the US Department of Agriculture to support school meal programs.
Hawaiʻi to get $20M in additional federal funds to keep keiki fed
The funding, some of which was authorized in the Keeping Kids Fed Act, is meant to help Hawaiʻi address supply chain issues and food inflation in its school meal programs.
Families eligible for free and reduced-price school meals encouraged to apply
“Our free summer meal program underway should provide families some time to transition back to normal school food services, and we strongly encourage those eligible for free and reduced-price meals to apply as soon as applications become available,” Superintendent Keith Hayashi said.
Hawaiʻi schools to receive $2 M to help provide school meals, keep kids healthy
US Senator Brian Schatz (D- Hawaiʻi) announced that schools in Hawai‘i will receive an estimated $2,340,000 in increased funding from the US Department of Agriculture to help cover the costs of school meal programs.
Summer P-EBT Benefits Begin to Roll Out This Week
Benefits are allocated to children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, or attend a Community Eligibility Provision school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, children under 6 years of age are eligible for benefits under the Keiki Under 6 Food Support Program if they receive SNAP benefits at any time between June 1, 2021, and Aug. 2, 2021.
Free Summer Meals for Kids Hits New Record
The Hawaii State Department of Education today announced 71 public schools will serve meals through its summer food service program, Seamless Summer Option, including three in Maui County: Waiheʻe Elementary, Wailuku Elementary and Kaunakakai Elementary on Molokaʻi.
