Fueling Our Children for Success: The Role of Cities in Reducing Child Hunger

The Colorado Municipal League and Hunger Free Colorado are proud to partner in raising awareness of the many ways Colorado cities and towns can have a tremendous impact on addressing childhood hunger. Childhood hunger is widespread but often invisible. One in five Colorado children struggle with knowing when or where they will get their next meal. This struggle has far-reaching impacts on their health, academics and development.

This toolkit highlights the special role municipalities can play in alleviating childhood hunger and how to get involved with summer and afterschool meals. The pages that follow are a step-by-step guide, describing the many opportunities for cities and towns to get involved, the different ways of doing so, best practices for success and the incredible resources at their disposal.