The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) has created a demonstration project, Alaska Meals to You (M2Y), to reduce food insecurity in rural Alaska during the summer months. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) has approved Alaska’s three-year demonstration project proposal aimed at expanding the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) to rural Alaskans that have traditionally faced limited or no access to congregate SFSP meals.
Eligible children in rural Alaskan communities will receive meals through an alternative delivery method, such as through the US Postal Service. Meal boxes will include up to ten breakfasts and ten lunches that meet the rigorous meal pattern and nutrition standards of the SFSP.