and to the new concern for vulnerable Cleveland families during the corona virus pandemic all 21 of Cleveland's rec centers are now closed and with those closures comes the loss of crucial after-school meals for more than 3,000 students citywide our five on your side investigator Joe Panik has digs into the urgent effort to keep those kids fed well leaders right here at Cleveland City Hall are scrambling to change the way after-school meals are being distributed at Cleveland rec centers but before that could happen federal lawmakers must approve legislation for carry out nutrition so we got to get this right here done this is this is very very urgent Cleveland councilman Kevin Kahn well now faced with the closing of two critical rec centers in his Ward Glanville and Cory rec centers shuttered due to state coronavirus precautions and the loss of music art and math programs along with a highly important after-school meal program thousands of Cleveland families are depending on if there's a breakdown in this system gear that we hurt our children and our children need they need the food here and it might affect they depend on it but now here we are during this unprecedented time but you know we've never really seen before and we have no idea when students are getting meals leaders were the children's hunger Alliance which implements the after-school meals say federal legislation is needed to determine if funding through the families first coronavirus response act can be utilized to allow students to take the meals home with them right now the guidelines won't allow it students have to eat meals on-site we're working with OD e to make sure the students can take meals in a grab-and-go setting the children's hunger Alliance is hoping that the Senate will vote on the needed legislation this week until then Conwell says the suspended after school meal program is a big loss for families who may already be dealing with daycare and financial issues due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is a big huge need there's a lot of shelter poverty and abject poverty and it kills me the food here at the center and the children's hunger Alliance says it has key vendors standing by that if the Senate approves the legislation it will be ready to go with its carry out meal program less than a week I'm five on your side investigator Joe pay Gannicus