Take Action Now to Provide Healthier Food Options for Children in Our Schools

Each day in schools across the country, children are faced with a decision that will impact the rest of their lives: Kids determine which foods they will eat during lunch time. About 40 percent will buy a snack, either from…

SpongeBob Wanted: May be Armed with Nutritionally Dangerous Foods

SpongeBob Square Pants, you’re wanted for marketing junk food to kids. That’s the gist of an ad published in the Hollywood Reporter today targeting Nickelodeon, SpongeBob’s creator, for aggressively marketing nutritionally dangerous foods to kids. Nickelodeon has yet to…

All Kids Means All Kids: Sequestration Affects Communities of Color

Voices for America’s Children is concerned not only about the impact of sequester for all children and families, but especially for those most vulnerable to economic and educational challenges. Sequestration will have a devastating effect on all children nationwide, but…

Statement of President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Today, Voices for America’s Children President & CEO Jacquelyn Lendsey released the following statement on President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Lendsey stated:

“Voices applauds the President for his vision of prosperity for America’s families and the…

This holiday, we’re thankful for food aid for families

As millions of American families still struggle in the wake of the recession, we know what we’re thankful for this year. Voices for America’s Children is praising SNAP (the program formerly known as food stamps) for helping families put food…

Child nutrition bill passes!

Congress has just passed the child nutrition bill, sending it to President Obama for his expected signature.  What this means is more meals for needy children, less junk food served at school and more healthy meals where children gather.  A…

“No one goes hungry in America,” and other myths

In the “5 myths about hunger in America,” the Washington Post shows that hunger is a much more serious problem than some Americans realize.  More than 17 million families live at risk of hunger in this country, and…

Help Hungry Children This Holiday

As many of us sit down to hearty Thanksgiving meals this holiday, and look across the table and give thanks for many things including our well-fed children, please remember that one in four children in America is struggling with hunger.

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“Even short-term poverty can hurt kids’ health”

With one in five American children living in poverty, it’s important to understand the health problems that come with it.  A new report by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia shows that because so much important development happens in…

National Call-in Days: Tell Congress to Pass the Child Nutrition Bill This Year

Today new data from the USDA shows that children still struggle with hunger in the U.S. The number of struggling families had a dramatic uptick during the recession and now one in 10 households with children have at least one…