Nearly half of Bay County public school students get subsidized lunches

Nearly half of Bay County public school students get subsidized lunches | MLive.com:
"BAY CITY, MI -- Nearly half of the students in three Bay County public school districts receive free or subsidized lunches, a jump from the numbers just 10 years before, according to the latest state data.
The percentage of students receiving these benefits in Bay City, Bangor and Pinconning school districts hovers near 50 percent.
...Shelley Blair, director of Food Services for Bangor Township Schools, said that boils down to three things: advertising, accessibility and stigma.
"There's not such a stigma with this anymore," Blair said. "The schools put it out there more. We get it out there to all those families."
And, she said, with online application processes families can log on, sign up and see if they're eligible without having to leave the home."