Arizona SNAP decline threatens free school meals as Phoenix families turn to food assistance
As SNAP participation declines across Arizona, the Creighton School District is seeing growing demand for food assistance while facing potential cuts to federal funding for free school meals. As SNAP participation declines across Arizona, the Creighton School District in Phoenix is seeing growing demand for food assistance and facing potential cuts to federal funding for free school meals. Over 400,000 fewer Arizonans are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, including over 150,000 children, due to changes to federal eligibility requirements and declining participation. Arizona has also experienced the largest percentage decline in SNAP participation of any state in the country. The district's director of child nutrition and wellness, Erin Bronner, said declining SNAP participation is putting the district's current meal program at risk. Currently, every student at The Creighton Academy can receive free breakfast and lunch through the federal Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP, without individual applications for free or reduced-price meals. If the district cannot maintain its current program, changes would take effect next school year.
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As SNAP participation declines across Arizona, the Creighton School District is seeing growing demand for food assistance while facing potential cuts to federal funding for free school meals.
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