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Feeding hungry minds and bodies®
can happen anywhere and Children's Hunger Alliance's Afterschool Nutrition & Education team takes up the challenge
of providing nutrition and enrichment activities to children in afterschool programs.
Children’s Hunger
Alliance works with schools to feed as many children as possible during the school day. However, we must also ensure
children receive food, nutrition and healthy activities after school. That’s why we work with faith-based and youth-serving
organizations that operate afterschool programs.
In working with others to ensure children (ages K-12) have access to food, nutrition, fitness and a safe environment
after school, we:
Raise awareness of childhood hunger and its impact on child development, health and learning.
Increase usage of federal programs that offer reimbursement for providing nutritious meals and
snacks to children.
Help ensure the highest number of kids participate in afterschool programs.
Offer nutrition education and fitness curricula, taught by AmericCorps members, to increase program
participation and teach children healthy behaviors.
Provide technical assistance and training to ensure afterschool meal programs operate efficiently
and effectively.
Current USDA Afterschool Food Program Menus
CLICK HERE for menus of meals for school age children 12 years and younger.
CLICK HERE for menus of snacks for children 13-18.
CLICK HERE to learn how to apply to become a USDA Afterschool
Food Program Site
By empowering faith-based and youth-serving organizations to feed local children with federal resources, everyone
wins:
Children end the day with a hot meal, getting the nutrition they need to learn and thrive.
Federal funds feed local children while strengthening local economies.
Afterschool programs stay operable longer and serve more kids.
Parents stretch food dollars further, because children get no- or low-cost access to afterschool
meals and snacks.
Children are less likely to be involved in unhealthy activities because they have a safe place
to go after school.
Ohioans win because healthy children are more likely to grow into healthy, productive adults.
Afterschool
programs across Ohio benefit from the USDA
afterschool meal and snack reimbursement program. Our Afterschool Nutrition & Education team manages the
reimbursements to afterschool sites for meals and snacks served to children. In Franklin County, the Afterschool
Nutrition & Education team sponsors many of the afterschool meal programs in the area.
In addition to feeding hungry bodies, Afterschool Nutrition & Education is also feeding hungry minds by
providing innovative and exciting programming to improve literacy, nutrition education, and physical fitness. Some
of our enrichment opportunities include:
Youth who participate in
our Afterschool Nutrition & Education enrichment programs:
are more likely to have diets that meet the recommended daily allowance for all key nutrients;
arrive at school on time, attend school more regularly, and are more likely to pass on to the next
grade than their peers; and,
are more likely to pass the 4th and 6th grade proficiency tests than their peers.
For more information on Afterschool Nutrition & Education, call 614-341-7700, ext. 216 or e-mail.
There is also information on volunteering to help with
Afterschool Nutrition & Education online.
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In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write
USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington,
D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202)720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
A summer-long farmer’s market will take place every Friday from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Southpointe Marketplace as part of a community wide collaborative focused on increasing food access and nutrition education on the South Side of Columbus.
Children’s Hunger
Alliance works with schools to feed as many children as possible during the school day. However, we must also ensure
children receive food, nutrition and healthy activities after school. That’s why we work with faith-based and youth-serving
organizations that operate afterschool programs.
Youth who participate in
our Afterschool Nutrition & Education enrichment programs:
