After a push from states and advocates, the USDA has waived a requirement that children have to be physically present with their parents to pick up meals at closed schools around the country.
After a push from states and advocates, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has waived a requirement that children have to be physically present with their parents to pick up meals atBut in at least one state, schools were still turning away parents who showed up on Thursday to pick up meals without their children.
The Texas Department of Agriculture said they expect to make progress on issuing guidance to clarify the requirements on Thursday night but they still encourage schools to hand out meals until it's finalized, just that there’s no guarantee they would be reimbursed for those meals. IDEA Public Schools have served more than 170,000 meals in less than a week to students and children in the surrounding community, Munoz said, but they still don’t know if they’ll be reimbursed. 85 percent of the 53,000 students they serve qualify for free and reduced lunch and rely on school for at least two of their meals per day.
"They have immunocompromised children who shouldn't, you know, [be scared]," she told ABC News."They shouldn't be having panic attacks, they shouldn't be worrying about whether they're going to eat, or whether their health is going to be at stake ... from going outside."
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