No Kid Hungry Colorado:

5 Year Plan

Colorado has the fastest growing rate of childhood poverty in the nation, a fact that has huge implications for the number of children who are and will be experiencing hunger. No Kid Hungry Colorado is a partnership between the Office of the Governor, Share Our Strength and Hunger Free Colorado. Together, these leaders are committed to ending childhood hunger in Colorado by removing the roadblocks to existing programs so that Colorado’s children get the food they need.

No Kid Hungry Colorado has created an aggressive five-year plan with 10 practical objectives:

1. Provide children access to healthy meals during the summer
2. Ensure that all children have access to a nutritious breakfast
3. Support families with the ability to purchase and acquire food to prepare at home
4. Ensure the nutrition and health of pregnant and postpartum women, infants and young children
5. Support child care providers’ ability to provide healthy meals and snacks
6. Help afterschool programs provide children with good nutrition and healthy snacks
7. Encourage children and families to make healthy food choices through nutrition education
8. Ensure access to high-quality nutritious food in low-income communities and schools
9. Ensure families can access food from food banks and food pantries
10. Improve the economic security of working families

Download the full report below. For more information about the No Kid Hungry Colorado, contact Dinah Frey at Hunger Free Colorado, dinah@hungerfreecolorado.org or 303-228-7945.

For more information, visit the Colorado No Kid Hungry Campaign web site.