Extending free meals to all public school students would cost about $25 million per year—about 1 percent of the DOE’s operating budget.

In a new report, Hawaiʻi Appleseed researchers demonstrate how chronically low wages have prevented Hawaiʻi’s working families from thriving, and outline the significant cost that poverty exacts from these families, from future generations, and from all of us.

Hawaiʻi sees first school meal reimbursement rate increase in 40 years.

The cliff is a result of Congress’ decision to end the federal emergency allotments that were implemented to reduce food insecurity and stimulate the economy for the duration of the pandemic.

These increased rates are projected to bring an additional $8 million a year to Hawaiʻi to support healthy meals for children.

Four Hawaiʻi nonprofits are jointly launching a new effort to end hunger in the state, thanks to new funding from MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, a leading national anti-hunger organization.

The “Feed our Keiki” report finds that the USDA is providing far less funding to Hawaiʻi than it should, resulting in a financial crisis for Hawaiʻi’s child nutrition programs.

All through September, when you make a donation to the Nourishing Neighbors campaign at Safeway stores throughout Hawaiʻi, you’ll be helping more Hawaiʻi students start the day with a healthy breakfast.

Hawaiʻi Appleseed and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network are teaming up to ensure families with keiki can purchase enough food this summer.

Only 4 in 10 low-income students is getting the benefits of school breakfast.

During the month of September, donations at Hawaiʻi Safeway will help families struggling more than ever with hunger during the pandemic.

Fewer than 1 in 11 keiki in free or reduced-price school lunch were reached by summer meals.

Suppers being served in Kalihi and new sites in ʻAiea and Honolulu.

During this unplanned school closure, three SFSP sponsors—YMCA Honolulu, Parents and Children Together, and Palama Settlement—are opening food sites in low-income areas on Oʻahu for keiki.

Even fewer low-income children in Hawaiʻi are starting their day with a healthy school breakfast.

With the new Trump Administration Public Charge rule given the green light today by the U.S. Supreme Court, both Hawaiʻi’s economy and its hardworking immigrant families will suffer.

To effectively address senior hunger, policymakers need to adopt a holistic framework that understands the interplay between public health, economic justice and social capital.

The merger of these social justice organizations is meant to forge a stronger connection between data-driven policy and impacted communities.

The state is foregoing more than $600,000 per year in federal meal reimbursements as a result.