According to a new report by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), an anti-hunger organization, there was a there was a decrease of almost 2.4 million children receiving free summer lunch when comparing participant data from July 2021 to July 2022. This is a nearly 45% decrease, while the number of children receiving free breakfast dropped by 60% year-to-year.
This, unfortunately, is not because there are fewer children in need of this service. As FRAC reported, the steep decline coincides with
Report: The number of children receiving free summer lunches is down by 45% compared to last year
