Children throughout Louisiana’s rural communities go hungry during the Summer. Over half of the children in our state rely on free or reduced-price breakfast and lunches during the school year. But even though they’re eligible because of poverty, only 6.8% of these kids are fed by programs intended to feed them during Summer. This makes Louisiana the 49th worst state for participation in Summer-meal programs. The most affected are children in rural communities where there are no nearby groceries or sites where food can be distributed. Even though the oil and fishing corporations make millions off of these communities, capitalism has turned our state into an underdeveloped wasteland where hundreds of thousands of children lack access to basic necessities.
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