Breakfast Resources
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) is committed to helping children avoid hunger and receive sufficient nutrition from healthy foods to learn and grow. Many nutrition programs are available to meet this commitment, but several are underutilized. To make better use of the available resources, the ESE contracts with a community agency, Project Bread , to do outreach and promotion for the School Breakfast and the Summer Food Service Programs.
To gain a better understanding of the Child Nutriton Outreach Program, please review the annual Child Nutrition Outreach Program Report.
School Breakfast Program
For six years, Project Bread and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education have been working together to increase the number of low-income children participating in the School Breakfast Program. Not only do children who eat a healthy breakfast at school score better on standardized tests, but participation in school breakfast also significantly reduces tardiness and absenteeism.
Summer Food Service Program
During summer months, many low-income children are at greater risk of being hungry because they do not have access to free or reduced-cost school meals. Project Bread and ESE work with schools, community organizations, local businesses and government officials to establish summer meal sites in low-income neighborhoods, and to ensure that children have access to them. There has been a 65 percent increase in the number of summer meals served through these sites since the outreach program began in 1992.
Child Nutrition Outreach Materials
January/ February 2003 Breakfast Brainstorm
September Outreach Tips: Increasing the Return of
Meal Applications
School Breakfast Symposium: Supporting Learning Through Nutrition
February 1, 2001, Best Western Royal Plaza, Marlboro, MA
Jump Start Kit for School Breakfast
School Breakfast for First Class Learning
These 10 lessons are divided into three categories: Value of Breakfast, How to Implement a School Breakfast Program and Enhancing School Breakfast Programs. Each lesson has a content overview, objectives, target audience, estimate of time needed, materials list and script. Several lessons have handouts which can be copied and distributed or made into transparencies. To emphasize to decision makers the importance of breakast, a PowerPoint presentation is included. Copies of the Breakfast Toolkit can also be obtained from the National Food Service Management Institute. Please call 1-800-321-3054 for information.
Universal-Free Breakfast Program Materials
To gain more information about this program, the options available, and promotional strategies, A Guide to Universal Free School Breakfast Programs is available from the Center on Hunger and Poverty at Brandeis University. Individuals can order this guide by calling 781-736-8885, by sending a fax to 781-736-3925, or by filling out an order form available at http://www.centeronhunger.org/order.html
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last updated: January 5, 2003
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