Philadelphia Public Schools Seeing Impacts Of Federal Funding Cuts To SNAP-Ed Program

Bagels, hummus, carrots and peppers are all on the menu in Bonnie Stright’s first-grade classroom at Andrew Hamilton School on Monday morning.

“I can really see a difference in the children where they open up their lunch and they see a bag of chips and they’re actually disappointed and they’re like, I wish it was a healthy food,” Stright said.

The nutrition education is a part of “Eat Right Philly,” which is a School District of Philadelphia initiative that relies on federal funding from the SNAP-Ed program…

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