Three years of dedicated focus from parents, health, education, anti-hunger groups, members of Congress, and First Lady Michelle Obama culminated in President Obama signing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act into law last week.
The bipartisan bill represents the most significant improvements to the child nutrition programs in decades, allocating $4.5 billion (over 10 years) in new funding, without adding a penny to the federal deficit.
Such an investment in child nutrition and obesity prevention is set to deliver enormous benefits to children and families for the future.
News on how this will bill will effect classrooms in the Petaluma area to follow in January.
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