Tag: food access

How breakfast in the classroom impacts kids’ futures

When the city of Bridgeport, CT started offering breakfast in the classroom, participation more than doubled. Here’s why that’s important for low-income children’s development.

Feeding a family on a food stamp budget

Healthy food is hard to come by in many sections of Bridgeport, CT. Especially on a food stamp budget. We follow a single mother shopping as she tries to make her SNAP benefits stretch.