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Field Reports

Child Nutrition Programs: Massachusetts and Beyond

Blake Turpin, Emerson Fellow
Published 2021-2022

Boston, Massachusetts

Project Bread seeks to provide sustainable solutions that permanently move the needle on ending hunger. This work includes enhancing child nutrition programs, a crucial tool in ensuring no child goes hungry. Massachusetts is in a unique position to lead when it comes to child nutrition programs, and this report explores the history, benefits, and operations of federal child nutrition programs, the ways Massachusetts is increasing access to and improving the quality of child nutrition programs, and federal, state, and provider-level recommendations for ways they can move forward.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Advocacy and Education, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Domestic Federal Nutrition Programs, National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children (WIC), Summer Nutrition Programs (SFSP and NSLP)

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Blake Turpin

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Originally from Montgomery, Alabama, Blake graduated from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville with a major in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology and Criminal Justice, along with minors in Hispanic Studies and Political Science. During his undergraduate career, his interests in social justice and poverty alleviation led him to work on a variety of projects looking at the criminal justice system's relation to poverty and oppression. Blake also spent time working on several local political campaigns and as an intern for the Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, where he discovered a passion for serving underrepresented and criminalized populations. As an Emerson Hunger Fellow, Blake hopes to work towards breaking cycles of criminalization, hunger, and poverty.

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