Bill > S1908

This bill, the Summer Meals Act of 2019, aims to improve the efficiency of the summer meals program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. Key provisions include reducing the poverty threshold from 50% to 40% to better integrate summer education and summer meals, allowing service institutions (other than schools) to be reimbursed for up to 1 meal and 1 snack per child served during afterschool hours, weekends, and school holidays, providing competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in underserved, hard-to-reach areas through innovative transportation methods, and allowing the Secretary to reimburse service institutions for meals provided through non-congregate methods after emergencies or disasters.