Houston City Council Approves Healthy After School Meals

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The after-school program at Judson W. Robinson Jr. Community Center just got a whole lot healthier.

The Houston city council approved a meal program that would provide healthy meals to students at the community center; some kids aren’t picked up by their parents until 6:30 or 7 at night. The program, funded by a grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture, will be available to children attending after-school programs run by the city Department of Parks and Recreation at 49 community centers, as well as at four programs run by nonprofits. The sites were chosen based on areas in which half of the students in the local school are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The meals delivered by the grant initially will be given to about 1,500 children, who will receive a 3 p.m. snack and 5 p.m. dinner.

What’s on the menu? Options include turkey on wheat, chicken nuggets or a meatloaf sandwich, with raisins or an apple, and fruit juice or low-fat milk.