Food insecurity, malnutrition and hunger are chronic in the lives of many children in our communities. Children who rely on the school breakfast and lunch programs during the week, are often faced without sufficient food over the weekend, leading to a lack of focus and energy on Monday morning. 

8,155 Bridgeport children lived in families receiving food stamps during June 2007. More than one in three of these children were under the age of six. As many as one in two eligible families does not receive food stamps.    (State of the Child in Bridgeport 2008, BCAC)