Hawaiʻi drops in child summer meal participation rate
Fewer than 1 in 11 keiki who receive free or reduced-price school lunch participated in summer meals, dropping Hawaiʻi to 44th in the nation.
Fewer Hawaiʻi kids are getting free summer meals
Less than 1 in 11 eligible keiki is participating, dropping Hawaiʻi to 43rd in the nation.
Less than 1 in 10 low-income keiki getting summer meals
If Hawaiʻi could increase its summer participation to 40 low-income keiki per every 100 who eat school lunch, the state would receive an additional $1.4 million in federal funding in July alone.
Hawaiʻi makes great strides in getting summer meals to needy keiki
Hawaiʻi’s national ranking jumps from 47th to 37th out of 50 states and D.C.