No Kid Hungry Program History
Missouri and other states followed a five-year playbook created by Share Our Strength for the initial project period.
2009
No Kid Hungry is a project model created by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit philanthropic organization based in Washington.
2016
The Missouri Family and Community Trust (FACT)* implemented the national No Kid Hungry model in Missouri, contracting with the Missouri Department of Social Services.
*FACT is a statewide network of nonprofit community partnerships that work with local, state and federal partners to implement effective community strategies to meet local needs.
Learn More About the History of No Kid Hungry MissouriMany Missourians struggle with food insecurity, and children are among the most vulnerable.
The Missouri Family and Communities Trust (MOFACT) and MU Center for Health Policy (CHP) have developed relationships with agencies that administer United States Department of Agriculture child nutrition programs and other child nutrition programs.
This work led to the creation of a Missouri-based toolkit.
CHP partnered with several organizations, including Share our Strength, a national organization whose mission is to end childhood hunger, to develop a Missouri-based toolkit that contains a variety of resources to engage stakeholders to serve hungry children better. This toolkit’s launch in the fall of 2022 includes an initial set of resources. To enhance, supplement and refine the toolkit content further engagement of stakeholders is necessary to ensure child nutrition partners have access to the most up-to-date suite of resources.
