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State Representative Kristy Pagan

Representative Kristy Pagan advocates for childhood nutritional policy, striving to improve access to quality food through various programs in Michigan. She opposes the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5003) and champions Summer Nutrition Programs. She supports school gardens to teach healthy eating habits and nutrition. Contact her for more information.

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State Representative Kristy Pagan

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  1. State Representative Kristy Pagan • First term in the Michigan House of Representatives • Serving the communities of Canton, Belleville, and Van Buren Township.

  2. Childhood Nutritional Policy Good nutrition is of paramount importance to the health of children everywhere. Children need access to quality and nutritional food.

  3. Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 • The National School Lunch Program • The School Breakfast Program • The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) • The Summer Food Service Program • The Child and Adult Care Food Program

  4. Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5003) This bill would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.

  5. Summer Nutrition Programs

  6. School Support Services Operations office • The office administers various federal and state education grants, and it administers the Food and Nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program. • Child and Adult Care Food Program and the School Nutrition Programs Unit.

  7. Nutrition Program Expanding • All together, more than 83,000 Michigan students who will now be eligible to participate in the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) for Children program in 2016. Nearly 16,000 Flint school children and 43,000 Detroit school children will now be eligible for expanded access to healthy meals during the upcoming summer months.

  8. School Gardens Instill the values of healthy eating, growing your own food, learning about nutrition, and being physically active. • • Lesson Plans Include: • Information that will help school nutrition professionals determine the selection of which produce to grow, • Information on how produce can be incorporated into quantity recipes or used on the serving line, • Information on procedures that detail the proper storage, preparation, and culinary techniques used to make produce appealing to students, and • Information on the nutritional value of produce and recipes.

  9. Thank You Contact Information Mailing Address: P.O. Box 30014 Lansing, MI 48909-7514 Phone: (517) 373-2575 Toll-Free: (888) 347-8021 Email: kristypagan@house.mi.gov Website: pagan.housedems.com

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