PACT Parents as Teachers

**CLARIFICATION: Students participating in summer school will be served first. Meals will be offered to the community as long as supplies are still available.**

FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR KIDS AND TEENS: Decatur City Schools is proud to host the Summer Meal Program! Free healthy meals are available to any child 18 years old and younger living in Decatur and Morgan County. No registration or sign-ups are required.

Please review the program dates, service times, and participating school locations below:

📅 Dates: June 1 – June 25, 2026
📅 Days: Monday through Thursday

⏰ Daily Meal Times:
Breakfast: 7:40 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

📍 Participating Meal Sites:
Meals are available at the following school locations:
Austin Junior High School - Decatur City Schools
Austinville Elementary School-Decatur, Alabama
Chestnut Grove Elementary-Decatur, Al
Decatur High School- Decatur, Al
Frances Nungester Elementary School - Decatur, AL.
Leon Sheffield Magnet School- Decatur, Alabama
Banks-Caddell Elementary School - Decatur, Alabama
Oak Park Elementary School-Decatur, Alabama
Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Al
West Decatur Elementary School-Decatur, Al
Benjamin Davis Elementary-Decatur, Al
Woodmeade Elementary - Decatur, Alabama

Important Program Guidelines:
Dine-In Only: All meals must be eaten on-site.
Child Presence: The child must be physically present at the site to receive a meal.

Help us spread the word to families in our community so that every child has access to nutritious meals this summer!

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Celebrate a home visitor in your life during ! Home visitors play an important role in the lives of families across the country. PACT - Parents and Children Together is proud to support home visitors in Morgan County, Alabama, this week and every week. Institute FSP

"Why does prevention matter? Why should we care? It doesn't happen here. "

-47 of the children tragically lost their lives at the hands of their abuse and neglect in Alabama in 2023
-Intervention cost in Alabama = more than $8 BILLION in 2023
-For a single, first-time case of maltreatment? About $870k in Alabama
-In Morgan County, our CAC served 364 unduplicated children in the 24-25 fiscal year (CAC serves families who have experienced abuse/trauma)

Children who experience a childhood trauma, like abuse, can have lifelong scars. Brain development is derailed. Higher risk of lifelong mental and physical health conditions. Increased socioeconomic hardships.

Prevention starts with me. Prevention starts with you. Prevention starts with us.

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Our county is standing together! From schools to businesses, we are wearing blue!

Step One of prevention is awareness, so rock on Morgan County and keep showing up for our kids!