Feeding Kids in the Summer

Two weeks ago, something big happened in Washington. The Senate Committee on Agriculture passed a bill that will improve the national summer meals program so that it reaches a lot more kids - something that hasn't happened since 1975.

I grew up in a tough neighborhood in Detroit, and my family struggled to make ends meet. I've also seen kids facing hunger in Michigan today through my volunteer work for Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters program, where I teach parents how to cook healthy food on a limited budget.

A milestone today on Capitol Hill: the Senate Committee on Agriculture passed the bipartisan "Improving Child Integrity & Access Act of 2016," the child nutrition reauthorization bill which includes important improvements to the summer meals and afterschool meals programs.