Free summer lunches continue amid rising food insecurity

Leon County Libraries is offering free lunches to kids in partnership with Second Harvest. While no federal cuts have taken effect yet, food insecurity is rising, now affecting 1 in 4 children in the Big Bend.

  • Summer BreakSpot is back at Leon County Libraries, providing free lunches to kids in partnership with Second Harvest, serving 2,500 children this summer.
  • The program is available at the Leon County Main Library, Dr. B.L. Perry, Jr. Branch Library, Woodville Branch Library and Fort Braden Branch Library.
  • Watch the video to see what kinds of impacts summer food programs could face amid potential federal cuts.

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:

Summer BreakSpot, a national free lunch program, is back at Leon County Libraries in partnership with Second Harvest.

But what makes this summer different — uncertainty over cuts to federal food programs…

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