For many kids, school food provides the main source of nutrition they receive on a daily basis. During the government shutdown, this program is especially critical for our children due to cuts in the SNAP and other supplemental nutrition programs as well as the sudden disappearance of millions of paychecks. But even our school lunch program is in jeopardy.

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