H.R.4259: Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act
Overview
The SPARK Act (H. R. 4259) would extend the free school meals program to children who have been placed with a relative or family friend through a state agency. This would ensure that those children receive the same streamlined school nutrition support as children in foster care. This legislation would have an impact on the approximately 400,000 children who have been diverted from child welfare agencies to kinship care arrangements.