Jane Stavem
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Hunger is on the rise for South Dakota school children.
A federal program that provided free meals to all American schoolchildren during COVID-19 has ended, causing more students than usual to go hungry in South Dakota schools.
Many families, already enduring inflation, are having a harder time affording food for their children or buying them meals at school.
Sioux Falls School District Superintendent Jane Stavem told South Dakota News Watch that ending the free school meals program after two years has put the district, parents and children in tough spots.
