Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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More than 21 million kids, over 8 million of them in the West, now attend schools that offer free breakfast and lunch to all students, regardless of their family’s income.

This story was published in partnership with The New York Times.

Read story: hcn.org/issues/56-6/when-school-lunch-is-free