Child Hunger
COVID-19 has had devastating effects on child hunger. Since March 2020, food insecurity rates have tripled for families with children nationwide. This is particularly troubling given the fact that, in 2019, the country’s food insecurity rates were at a two-decade low.
When children are able to grow up healthier and stronger, our economy and nation grow healthier and stronger, too – now and in the future.
What We’re Doing
Through a combination of government relations, communications and grassroots activism, we build relationships policymakers and mobilize the public to increase investments in programs that help children in the U.S. have access to food.
We empower our grassroots network of hundreds of thousands of supporters to raise their voices and lobby their lawmakers to invest in kids. By joining together, we become a force that turns advocacy into policy wins.
Calling on Congress to Prioritize Women, Infants and Children
Save the Children Action Network recently joined the National WIC Association and hundreds of national, state and local organizations in calling on Congress to support the Wise Investment in our Children Act (WIC Act) to help ensure more women, infants and children receive the nutrition they need to thrive.
Tell Congress to Build Back Better for Kids
Send a message to your members of Congress – support the Build Back Better Act to get food to hungry children year-round, reduce child poverty and expand affordable, high-quality early learning programs, like preschool and child care.
Help Keep Kids Nourished and Energized Year-Round
Send a message to Congress: pass the Build Back Better Act to combat the growing child hunger crisis and help families recover from the devastation of the pandemic.
Help Nourish Our Nation’s Kids
We can’t afford to let this momentum slip away. Send a message to Congress: pass the Summer Meals Act to keep kids from going hungry year-round.
Support the Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act
Send a message to your members of Congress and help children get access to an adequate amount of nutritious food during the summer months when school is out.
Tell Congress: Child Hunger Doesn’t Get a Summer Break
Send a message to your members of Congress – help prevent child hunger and ensure children have access to nutritious meals all year long.
Help WIC Work Better for Moms and Kids!
In honor of Mother’s Day, show your support for moms by urging Congress to make the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program work better for moms and their kids!
Tell Congress that You Support the Wise Investment in Children Act
Send a message to your members of Congress – Support the Wise Investment in Children Act and help prevent young children and their moms from going hungry.
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You Helped Moms and Kids Everywhere for WIC!
Here at Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), we spent last week honoring moms who have been working harder than ever for their kids. Check out the results!
Building Back Better for Child Nutrition
No child should face hunger. Here’s what the Biden administration has done so far to help end childhood hunger and what we at Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) are advocating for.
An Oath for the World’s Children
We mark this Inauguration Day, a day of transition in leadership, with the knowledge that the President of the United States can and must play a critical role in making the world a better place for children.