80% of Pittsburgh School Children Are Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch During School Year, Yet 9 out of 10 Eligible Children Aren’t Taking Advantage of Summer Meals Program / Over 160 Sites Across Allegheny County
Pittsburgh PA- Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey spotlighted childhood hunger in Pittsburgh, pushed for expanded access to summer feeding programs and alerted residents to local feeding sites for vulnerable children. 80% of Pittsburgh school children are eligible for free or reduced price lunch during the school year, yet 9 out of 10 don’t take advantage of summer feeding programs. There are over 160 sites across Allegheny County that are working to ensure children don’t go hungry during the summer months.
“Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation. Hunger is one of the most severe roadblocks in the learning process. Lack of nutrition during the summer months may set up a cycle of poor performance once school begins again,” Senator Casey said. “We need to make the summer feeding program accessible to more children, which is why I am supporting legislation to lower the threshold to allow areas with 40 percent or more of students receiving free or reduced meals to be eligible for the open enrollment program.”
The bipartisan Summer Meals Act of 2015, S. 613, first introduced by Senators Gillibrand (D-NY) and Murkowski (R-AK) would improve the summer food program for children, in preparation for reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act. Specifically it would:
- Improve the area eligibility test to allow communities to participate if 40 percent of the children in the area are eligible for free or reduced-price meals (rather than 50 percent)
- Provide funding for transportation grants to fund innovative approaches and mobile meal trucks
- Allow local government agencies and private nonprofit organizations to feed children year-round through the Summer Food Service Program
- Allow all sites to serve a third meal (rather than 2 meals and a snack)
Below you will find county by county data on the program and attached a map illustrating the impact of expanding access to the program.
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SFSP County Profile - Year 2013-2014 |
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County |
TOTAL |
Average Daily Participation (ADP) During SFSP Ops |
Total Lunches Served During SFSP Ops |
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Sponsors |
Sites |
June |
July |
August |
June |
July |
August |
Total |
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ADAMS |
9 |
9 |
224 |
320 |
79 |
1572 |
4951 |
382 |
6905 |
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ALLEGHENY |
275 |
63 |
5799 |
9492 |
5513 |
74441 |
211885 |
62007 |
348333 |
|
ARMSTRONG |
14 |
5 |
223 |
219 |
193 |
2475 |
4860 |
1945 |
9280 |
|
BEAVER |
70 |
27 |
1370 |
1482 |
852 |
18480 |
32640 |
10822 |
61942 |
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BEDFORD |
5 |
5 |
245 |
152 |
30 |
2691 |
2354 |
299 |
5344 |
|
BERKS |
19 |
2 |
609 |
525 |
0 |
6778 |
14901 |
0 |
21679 |
|
BLAIR |
15 |
6 |
1406 |
1227 |
718 |
10652 |
26516 |
1642 |
38810 |
|
BRADFORD |
10 |
3 |
167 |
180 |
32 |
1576 |
4600 |
497 |
6673 |
|
BUCKS |
20 |
19 |
420 |
782 |
365 |
4420 |
17195 |
5901 |
27516 |
|
BUTLER |
9 |
4 |
107 |
162 |
148 |
1171 |
2759 |
2202 |
6132 |
|
CAMBRIA |
22 |
22 |
608 |
589 |
329 |
6737 |
12855 |
3611 |
23203 |
|
CAMERON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
CARBON |
6 |
3 |
159 |
223 |
163 |
1369 |
4962 |
2016 |
8347 |
|
CENTRE |
19 |
9 |
445 |
467 |
230 |
6491 |
10151 |
3669 |
20311 |
|
CHESTER |
14 |
14 |
247 |
346 |
414 |
2719 |
7646 |
3905 |
14270 |
|
CLARION |
7 |
6 |
148 |
87 |
52 |
1632 |
1475 |
445 |
3552 |
|
CLEARFIELD |
12 |
9 |
267 |
231 |
237 |
3491 |
4983 |
3428 |
11902 |
|
CLINTON |
2 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
279 |
0 |
279 |
|
COLUMBIA |
14 |
7 |
222 |
303 |
182 |
3547 |
6743 |
1998 |
12288 |
|
CRAWFORD |
1 |
1 |
195 |
186 |
194 |
2924 |
4090 |
3096 |
10110 |
|
CUMBERLAND |
23 |
7 |
242 |
257 |
184 |
3136 |
4942 |
1956 |
10034 |
|
DAUPHIN |
51 |
38 |
1434 |
1293 |
191 |
20512 |
27395 |
2123 |
50030 |
|
DELAWARE |
35 |
12 |
165 |
1422 |
830 |
1344 |
31025 |
11053 |
43422 |
|
ELK |
4 |
4 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
1139 |
0 |
0 |
1139 |
|
ERIE |
99 |
81 |
1436 |
1962 |
1206 |
22259 |
42737 |
14869 |
79865 |
|
FAYETTE |
94 |
93 |
856 |
1985 |
697 |
8477 |
48976 |
7869 |
65322 |
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FOREST |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
FRANKLIN |
12 |
7 |
454 |
464 |
335 |
2981 |
9866 |
2115 |
14962 |
|
FULTON |
2 |
2 |
24 |
29 |
30 |
356 |
604 |
326 |
1286 |
|
GREENE |
19 |
19 |
492 |
441 |
122 |
5424 |
7785 |
1333 |
14542 |
|
HUNTINGDON |
2 |
1 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
706 |
0 |
706 |
|
INDIANA |
13 |
9 |
218 |
460 |
64 |
2884 |
3625 |
589 |
7098 |
|
JEFFERSON |
2 |
2 |
79 |
58 |
90 |
1250 |
1256 |
1259 |
3765 |
|
JUNIATA |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
LACKAWANNA |
34 |
32 |
47 |
755 |
320 |
515 |
18700 |
4388 |
23603 |
|
LANCASTER |
49 |
6 |
1100 |
1236 |
711 |
13138 |
24531 |
8997 |
46666 |
|
LAWRENCE |
29 |
10 |
506 |
524 |
288 |
7014 |
12196 |
6157 |
25367 |
|
LEBANON |
15 |
6 |
217 |
330 |
197 |
3533 |
7084 |
3209 |
13826 |
|
LEHIGH |
67 |
66 |
607 |
1731 |
661 |
3341 |
37504 |
9149 |
49994 |
|
LUZERNE |
132 |
30 |
1846 |
2151 |
1623 |
11391 |
47404 |
18582 |
77377 |
|
LYCOMING |
10 |
4 |
193 |
233 |
84 |
2591 |
4922 |
1311 |
8824 |
|
MCKEAN |
12 |
11 |
106 |
221 |
33 |
1146 |
5092 |
353 |
6591 |
|
MERCER |
25 |
22 |
535 |
1066 |
474 |
5104 |
9556 |
4403 |
19063 |
|
MIFFLIN |
6 |
3 |
159 |
48 |
23 |
1606 |
856 |
205 |
2667 |
|
MONROE |
7 |
7 |
56 |
168 |
60 |
333 |
4189 |
661 |
5183 |
|
MONTGOMERY |
57 |
41 |
990 |
1611 |
1053 |
10039 |
36757 |
17268 |
64064 |
|
MONTOUR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NORTHAMPTON |
47 |
47 |
811 |
1353 |
432 |
11832 |
28546 |
6280 |
46658 |
|
NORTHUMBERLAND |
23 |
5 |
468 |
418 |
219 |
6786 |
8545 |
2915 |
18246 |
|
PERRY |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
PHILADELPHIA |
1020 |
31 |
615 |
31571 |
27362 |
3921 |
885826 |
580089 |
1469836 |
|
PIKE |
2 |
2 |
171 |
233 |
239 |
1914 |
7340 |
4133 |
13387 |
|
POTTER |
4 |
4 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
582 |
0 |
0 |
582 |
|
SCHUYLKILL |
29 |
17 |
954 |
834 |
544 |
15644 |
19292 |
7768 |
42704 |
|
SNYDER |
4 |
4 |
83 |
75 |
25 |
1062 |
1515 |
25 |
2602 |
|
SOMERSET |
20 |
10 |
158 |
261 |
209 |
1998 |
5129 |
3358 |
10485 |
|
SULLIVAN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
SUSQUEHANNA |
7 |
7 |
63 |
99 |
45 |
435 |
1875 |
178 |
2488 |
|
TIOGA |
7 |
6 |
108 |
114 |
49 |
1248 |
2363 |
547 |
4158 |
|
UNION |
12 |
12 |
0 |
230 |
96 |
0 |
235 |
194 |
429 |
|
VENANGO |
19 |
3 |
411 |
412 |
328 |
7091 |
9017 |
5672 |
21780 |
|
WARREN |
7 |
7 |
206 |
157 |
0 |
2452 |
4296 |
0 |
6748 |
|
WASHINGTON |
18 |
18 |
394 |
480 |
93 |
4285 |
9802 |
1022 |
15109 |
|
WAYNE |
5 |
5 |
0 |
172 |
246 |
0 |
5137 |
5802 |
10939 |
|
WESTMORELAND |
34 |
16 |
580 |
594 |
292 |
6367 |
14932 |
1750 |
23049 |
|
WYOMING |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
YORK |
37 |
23 |
456 |
991 |
100 |
3006 |
21833 |
596 |
25435 |
|
OTHER |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
OUT OF STATE |
15 |
15 |
389 |
772 |
704 |
3838 |
23896 |
14976 |
42710 |
|
TOTAL |
|
963 |
30626 |
74237 |
49990 |
355140 |
1813132 |
861345 |
3029617 |
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