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2. School meal programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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   These free or subsidized meals have the potential to increase household food security, which can improve children's health and expand their educational opportunities. [1] A study of a free school meal program in the United States found that providing free meals to elementary and middle school children in areas characterized by high food ...

3. The Children's Place - Wikipedia

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   The Children's Place in Manhattan (now closed) The company was founded in 1969. It was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1981. [5] After Campeau Corporation acquired Federated, they sold The Children's Place to a group led by Joseph Sitt in 1988. [6] They became publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange in 1997 under the ticker symbol PLCE.

4. Fight for $15 - Wikipedia

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   The Fight for $15 is an American political movement advocating for the minimum wage to be raised to USD $15 per hour. The federal minimum wage was last set at $7.25 per hour in 2009. The movement has involved strikes by child care, home healthcare, airport, gas station, convenience store, and fast food workers for increased wages and the right ...

5. NCES Blog | Free or reduced price lunch: A proxy for poverty?

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   Between 2000-01 and 2012-13, the percentage of children eligible for a free/reduced price lunch increased from 38 percent to 50 percent, an increase of 12 percentage points. In contrast, the percentage of public school children who lived in poverty increased from 17 to 23 percent, an increase of 6 percentage points.

6. Department of Education Launches Outreach Campaign to ...

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   The campaign will inform millions of families with children participating in the free or reduced-price lunch or school breakfast program, and 6.5 million Pell Grant recipients that they are now eligible for the discount of up to $50 per month. Eligible households on qualifying Tribal lands can receive a discount of up to $75 per month.

7. List of Undercover Boss (American TV series) episodes

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   Undercover Boss is an American reality television series, based on the British series of the same name and produced by Studio Lambert in both countries. Each episode depicts a person who has an upper-management position at a major business, deciding to go undercover as an entry-level employee to discover the faults in the company.

8. California schools forced to compete with fast food industry ...

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   Lost in the hubbub surrounding California's new $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers is how that raise could impact public schools, forcing districts to compete with the likes of ...

9. Food and Nutrition – National Center for Homeless Education

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   The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-265) expands federal child nutrition programs in several ways to assist homeless, migrant, foster, and runaway children and youth by providing: Automatic eligibility for free school meals. Streamlined procedures for documenting eligibility. Full school year eligibility for free ...