Community forum will bolster political will behind Universal Free School Meals
Free School Meals 4 All: A Community Forum will take place Sat., March 15 from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at McKinley High School auditorium.
Hawaiʻi continues to fall behind on school breakfast
Only 4 in 10 low-income students is getting the benefits of school breakfast.
Donations at Safeway keep critical grab-and-go meal program going strong
During the month of September, donations at Hawaiʻi Safeway will help families struggling more than ever with hunger during the pandemic.
Hawaiʻi drops to 44th in the nation in children’s summer meal participation
Fewer than 1 in 11 keiki in free or reduced-price school lunch were reached by summer meals.
Free grab-and-go meals for children and youth available through August 14
Community organizations respond to delayed start of public school year by keeping keiki feeding sites open.
Community partnership serves free meals to keiki during school closure
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.
Hawaiʻi drops to 51st in the nation for school breakfast participation
Even fewer low-income children in Hawaiʻi are starting their day with a healthy school breakfast.
Hawaiʻi Appleseed and PHOCUSED join forces
The merger of these social justice organizations is meant to forge a stronger connection between data-driven policy and impacted communities.
Hawaiʻi ranks last at serving after-school suppers to low-income keiki
The state is foregoing more than $600,000 per year in federal meal reimbursements as a result.
Donations at Safeway in September will help end hunger
All throughout this month, when you make a donation to the Hunger Is campaign at Safeway stores throughout Hawaiʻi, your money will help us expand school breakfast participation in our schools.
Hawaiʻi Appleseed announces Victor Geminiani’s retirement
The 50-year advocate for the low-income community and founder of Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice will retire on August 31, 2019.
Fewer than one in 11 low-income keiki get free summer food
A national report released today shows Hawaiʻi has dropped to 43rd in the nation in providing free or reduced-price school lunches to keiki over the summer, but there is reason for optimism going forward.
Hawaiʻi in bottom 3 states for serving after-school suppers to low-income keiki
The state is foregoing more than $500,000 per year in federal meal reimbursements as a result.
Report examines the state of poverty in Hawaiʻi since the Great Recession
The state’s high cost of living and low wages has made recovery slow and painful for many families.
State to provide homeless children with equal access to public education
Resolution to landmark lawsuit will benefit thousands of Hawaiʻi children.
Federal judge rules state DOE must fulfill its obligation to Hawaiʻi homeless children
A federal judge has found that the DOE’s current enrollment process and data collection procedures force homeless families to overcome daunting bureaucratic hurdles just to stay in school.
Civil rights group files injunction to protect homeless students’ rights
The court is asked to halt enforcement of laws and policies that illegally deny homeless children equal access to education.
Hawaiʻi homeless children denied equal access to education
Civil rights groups charge state with failure in federal class action lawsuit.