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July 27, 2026
The school lunch program SNAP cuts could quietly kill
There's a federal food program reaching more children than most people realize — and it's tied to SNAP in ways that rarely make the news. This week we looked at the Community Eligibility Provision, what it actually does, and why the current budget fight in Congress could unravel it without most FIM advocates even noticing.

The 27.6 Million Child Food Is Medicine Program FIM Officers Aren't Tracking and Why H.R. 1 SNAP Cuts Could Unravel It
CEP serves 27.6 million children in 55,362 schools daily — making it the largest food-is-medicine program in America by an order of magnitude that no produce prescription or medically tailored meal program approaches.
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