Why D.C. Needs to Fund the Healthy Students Amendment Act – Q&A with Beverley Wheeler

By cbsutton | May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019 By Paige Pokorney On any given day during the 2017–2018 school year, more than 30,000 low-income students across the District ate school breakfast, according to D.C. Hunger Solution’s recently released D.C. School Breakfast Scorecard. However, school breakfast participation has decreased over the past four years, and too many students are missing out…

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Communications Toolkit: D.C. School Breakfast Scorecard

By cbsutton | April 24, 2019

News Release: Download Graphics: Click on each graphic to download the full-size version Check out more graphics showing the top ten and bottom ten participation, and graphics for Facebook and Instagram.  Sample Social Media: Click on the link at the end of each tweet to share on Twitter  #DYK that more than 30,000 low-income D.C. children received #SchoolBreakfast…

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2019 EITC Campaign Supports Low-Income District Residents and Brings the Community Together

By cbsutton | April 15, 2019

April 15, 2019 By Melissa Jensen Today is Tax Day — a day that D.C. Hunger Solutions (DCHS) celebrates because it marks the end of another successful Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign. Every year, D.C. Hunger Solutions leads an outreach campaign at tax aid sites across the nation’s capital to educate residents about the…

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The Nation’s Capital Heard the Crunch for School Breakfast

By cbsutton | April 3, 2019

April 5, 2019 By Paige Pokorney With free school breakfast available to every D.C. student attending a public school (traditional and charter), the District ranks fourth in the nation for school breakfast participation. School breakfast provides students with the nutrition they need to be healthy and thrive in the classroom. Eating school breakfast has been…

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2020 EITC Campaign Sites

By cbsutton | January 25, 2019

United Planning Organization2907 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE Mondays and Thursdays: 5:45 – 7:30 p.m. Start date: February 3 Jubilee Jobs2712 Ontario Road, NW Saturdays: 8:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.; 1:15– 3 p.m. (based on demand) Start date: February 1 CentroNia (assistance in Spanish and English available at this location)3029 14th Street, NW Saturdays:…

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Infographic

By cbsutton | August 9, 2018
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