Friend,

Last month, I told you about how President Trump was making it harder for families to access food and nutrition assistance, and I asked you take action. Now we find out that Trump’s Department of Agriculture withheld important information about the impact that his proposal to restrict eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would have on more than 3 million Americans—and on children in particular. We now know this proposal will end access to free school meals for nearly 1 million children.

No child should be punished for circumstances beyond their control or expected to learn while hungry. Click here, and tell the Trump administration: Protect SNAP and access to school meals!

Trump’s proposal will mean that, in addition to losing food and nutrition assistance at home, 1 million students will lose access to free meals at school. Food-insecure children have higher rates of poor health and hospitalization, an increased risk of asthma, and delays in cognitive development.

Tell the Trump administration to stop hurting children by preventing access to free school meals.

Nearly 12 percent of households in the United States are food-insecure; these families don’t make enough money to put enough food on their tables. Half of all Americans experiencing food insecurity have incomes above the official poverty line, but with the costs of housing and child care rising, many of them cannot afford to feed themselves and their families. The Trump administration’s proposal will mean more working families and children will go hungry.

We can stop this. Click here, and tell the administration to protect SNAP and access to school meals by Friday, November 1, 2019.

In unity,
Randi Weingarten
AFT President