{"id":12934,"date":"2025-06-30T16:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/louisiana\/?p=12934"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:49:19","slug":"no-kid-hungry-louisiana-grants-over-97k-to-combat-summer-hunger-in-rural-communities-across-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/louisiana\/2025\/06\/30\/no-kid-hungry-louisiana-grants-over-97k-to-combat-summer-hunger-in-rural-communities-across-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"No Kid Hungry Louisiana Grants Over $97k to Combat Summer Hunger in Rural Communities Across the State"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

No Kid Hungry Nationwide Survey: 74% of Rural Families Ran Out of Food in the Past Year<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

June 9, 2025 <\/span><\/p>\n

Contact: Laura Rice at <\/span>lrice@strength.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Baton Rouge, LA:<\/b> For kids who receive school meals, the summer months can be the hungriest time of year. No Kid Hungry Louisiana provided seven organizations across the state with a total of $97,500 to help reach more kids in rural communities with summer meals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Traditional summer meal programs have only reached a fraction of kids in rural communities, but non-congregate summer meal flexibilities have been a game changer in recent years. No Kid Hungry\u2019s grant funding supports summer meal programs that make meals more accessible for rural families by<\/span> delivering meals to children who need them or allowing parents to pick meals up at a central location to be taken home for their kids, oftentimes for multiple days at a time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following parish and community organizations received No Kid Hungry summer grants<\/span> in Louisiana:<\/span><\/p>\n