Resource Library

Summer Nutrition Program resources to share with your constituent services staff in order to locate sites in your District and help ensure more children have access to nutritious meals this summer

This guide offers a comprehensive understanding of Combined Application Projects (CAP), how they serve populations of older Americans and people with disabilities, and best practices for executing them.

Published June 2017

An overview of SNAP overall trends, 2001-2007 trends, and 2008-2010 trends.

Economic, health, and food security impacts of the SNAP Program.

1 in every 5 SNAP households contains a person with disabilities.

Describes promising practices that can help increase the reach of breakfast during the summer, including serving breakfast later in the morning, providing breakfast on weekends, promoting breakfast participation, incorporating activities for children, and maximizing economies of scale.

This report measures the reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2016, nationally and in each state. Published June 2017.

Answers to questions regarding the Summer Nutrition Programs.

Fact Sheet on The Anti-Lunch Shaming Act, S. 1064 and H.R. 2401, which would end practices that single out children who do not have money in their school lunch account or in hand to pay for their meal.

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, President Trump released his FY 2018 budget proposal. The devastating cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reflect a callous failure to recognize the critical role SNAP plays as a first line of defense against hunger for tens of millions of Americans. This review is a summary of proposed reductions to SNAP and an overview of how other critical nutrition programs and other social safety net programs fare in the president’s budget.

One of two graphics describing strengths of SNAP

Summer is finally here which means that you should be implementing your outreach plan and working out the kinks to your summer nutrition operations that naturally arise at the beginning of the year.

This guide highlights best practices at the state and local levels to establish unpaid meal fee policies that protect children from stigma, ensure that eligible children are certified for free and reduced-price school meals, and make certain that children get the nutrition necessary to learn at school.

The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 required the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make significant nutrition improvements in federally-funded school meals, as well as to improve the overall quality of the food sold at school.
FACT: 99 Percent of All School Districts Have Implemented the School Nutrition Standards
FACT: Parents Support the New School Nutrition Standards
FACT: More Low-Income Students Participate in School Meals
FACT: Children Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

The Center for American Progress, the Coalition on Human Needs, Witnesses to Hunger, the Food Research & Action Center, Feeding America, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics joined together to launch a national campaign that asked individuals across the country to share their personal experiences with the nation’s nutrition assistance programs. This booklet is a result of that call to action.