Fighting Hunger through OST

Data shows that one in every four children throughout New Mexico are food insecure — that's approximately 130,000 children who are unsure where their next meal is coming from. 

The New Mexico Out-of-School Time (NMOST) Network is committed to expanding access to healthy meals after school to the 130,000 children who face food insecurity. We do so by conducting outreach in order to educate eligible programs about federal nutrition programs such as the At-Risk Meals Program. NMOST feels this is a necessary investment to improve the health and education outcomes of New Mexico's most vulnerable citizens. 

Impact of Food Insecurity on Children and Youth

Feeding our Human Capital          Too Hungry to Learn

Childhood Hunger in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

July 2020 No Kid Hungry Report 

Podcast

Rethinking Hunger

— NMOST's Impact

• The At-Risk Afterschool Meals component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) offers Federal funding to Afterschool Programs that serve a meal or snack to children in low-income areas. In New Mexico, the At-Risk Afterschool Meal Program is administered by the Family Nutrition Bureau as a part of the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD).

— NMOST Monthly Meals Newsletter

• December 2020
• November 2020
• October 2020
• September 2020

— Join the Food Program

• Find a sponsor here.

• Rural Hunger and Access to Healthy Food – Funding & Opportunities

• School Nutrition Foundation (SNF): Equipment Grants

• USDA: Farm to School Grants

• USDA: Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program

• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI): State and Local Policy Campaign Grant Funding

— New Mexico Resources and Reading Material

— National Resources and Reading Material

— What Individuals, Programs, and Legislators Can Do

— NMOST Infographics​ (Click on images to download the PDF)

— Fighting Hunger through OST archive