Does your school district offer a School Breakfast program? Recent data shows that only half of the children who eat school lunch also get their breakfast at school. USDA Food and Nutrition Service has opened applications for the Fiscal Year 2023 School Breakfast Expansion Grants, which will provide schools with funds to prepare nutritious, appealing breakfasts.
As the regular school year comes to a close, it’s that time again to remind you of the perennial adage, “Childhood hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation.” Now, more than ever, summer feeding is crucial to the health of America’s school children. . . .We can supply complete, nutritious meals, approved by the state, to ensure your reimbursement, as well as help you develop the menu cycle to submit to the state.
The top story in last week’s SNA SmaratBrief, the weekly School Nutrition Association online newsletter, was an article featured in The Conversation that describes how free school meals have improved outcomes in students’ health, reduced stigma around free meals, and provided benefits for overall school foodservice operations.
In a news release issued this week by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), the organization says that its annual School Breakfast Scorecard report underscores school breakfast participation as critical in combatting childhood hunger and learning loss caused by COVID-19.