Evaluations link the provision to increased breakfast participation. Children who do not attend a community eligibility school will be able to qualify for free school meals if their household income is percent or below the poverty line. The federal threshold for free school meals is percent. States have passed school breakfast expansion legislation to require breakfast after the bell programs, to eliminate the reduced-price copayment, and to encourage the implementation of community eligibility.
Just over 28, schools are offering free breakfast to all students through the Community Eligibility Provision, and a growing number of schools are implementing innovative school breakfast programs. Because the program reaches just over half of the low-income children who participate in school lunch, there remains much work to do even as we celebrate the tremendous gains in program access.
Benefits of School Breakfast Starting the day with a healthy school breakfast ensures that children have the nutrition they need to learn and thrive. A wide body of research supports the health and educational benefits of participation in the School Breakfast Program. Find out more about the research. School Breakfast Expansion Strategies The most successful strategies for increasing school breakfast participation are to serve breakfast after the bell and offer free breakfast to all students in high-poverty schools.
Find out how to make these strategies work in your state or community. Community Eligibility Provision Community eligibility allows high-poverty schools and districts offer breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students and realize significant administrative savings. Many schools have opted to combine community eligibility with proven models like breakfast in the classroom, to boost breakfast participation.
Learn more about community eligibility and search our database of schools to find out if schools in your state or community are eligible and participating. State School Breakfast Legislation States have passed a variety of types of legislation to increase school breakfast participation, including legislation for Breakfast in the Classroom.
Find out more. Eligibility and Reimbursements Low-income children are eligible to receive meals for free or at a reduced-price based of their household income or participation in other government programs, such as SNAP. Find out more about how children are certified for free and reduced-price school meals. Serving Breakfast in Rural School Districts School breakfast is particularly important for low-income students in rural communities who are more likely than their peers in metropolitan areas to live in food-insecure households, and, who often face additional barriers to accessing the program.
Breakfast for Learning Education Alliance The purpose of the Breakfast for Learning Education Alliance is to inform our members, affiliates, and networks about the important educational benefits of school breakfast and to promote the broader implementation of proven strategies to increase school breakfast participation, such as breakfast in the classroom.
Co-developed with the National Association of Secondary School Principals NASSP , this report highlights the experiences of secondary school principals from 67 districts that have integrated breakfast as a part of the school day by implementing a breakfast after the bell program, and provides insights into program benefits and best practices regarding how to launch a similar program. Co-developed with the National Association of Elementary School Principals, this report provides guidance for principals interested in implementing Breakfast in the Classroom at their schools, and insights into the leadership they can provide to build a strong and sustainable program.
Co-developed with the School Social Work Association of America SSWAA , this resource provides school social workers with research and information to advocate for breakfast after the bell programs in their schools. Co-developed with the National Association of School Nurses NASN , this resource provides school nurses with research and information to advocate for breakfast after the bell programs in their schools.
His mother was severely disabled and not fluent in English. The year-old was calling for help, advocating for himself. When digging further, MLRI discovered that the district had failed to directly certify the teen for free school meal status. He was getting Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF benefits the entire time the meal debt was accruing but a school district administrative error never picked him up, subjecting him to harsh school meal debt policies.
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