No Kid Hungry is committed to ensuring that program sponsors, community organizations, and advocates have the resources and tools they need to ensure all kids have the food they need to thrive. We’ve highlighted several current resources below, including resources specifically for Illinois schools and families.
To access our full national resource library, visit our Center for Best Practices website.
Did you know that No Kid Hungry also hosts webinars on various topics around child nutrition? Click here to access webinars (both upcoming and recordings)! Upcoming webinars are also highlighted on our Upcoming Events page.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits qualifying households to purchase nutritious food using an electronic card that functions like an ATM card accepted at most grocery stores and farmers’ markets. SNAP can help families weather financial hardship and ensure access to healthy food.
As trusted messengers, schools and community organizations are an important source of information for families. This toolkit includes sample SNAP outreach materials in English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Tagalog, and Vietnamese that can be customized with the local details and specifics that best serve your community.
This toolkit was created to help you get the word out to families about Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) benefits available to help families with groceries when kids miss school due to COVID-19 and during summer break.