Montana families able to find free summer meals via text message

Press release

HELENA — Many of the same meal programs that served families during COVID-19 school closures will continue throughout the summer months, and they just became easier for families to find thanks to the opening of a texting service.

The Summer Food Service Program, a USDA program overseen by the Montana Office of Public Instruction at the state level, expanded to provide food to kids when regular school breakfast and lunch options weren’t available during the coronavirus emergency. Now that the school year is officially coming to a close, most of those Summer Meal sites will continu...