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This report ranks states on the basis of participation of low-income children in the national School Breakfast Program. West Virginia tops the list, with New Mexico and the District of Columbia coming in second and third, respectively.

Of the 73 large school districts surveyed for this report, 26 achieved FRAC’s benchmark of serving 70 low-income children with school breakfast for every 100 receiving school lunch. A number of the top-performing school districts — Los Angeles Unified School District and San Antonio Independent School District, among others — serve a particularly high proportion of students from low-income households.

Steps to create a School Breakfast Report for each state using FRAC’s School Breakfast Report Calculator.

September 2016

Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security by State, 2013-2015

This poster, from Screen and Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity, can be used in health care settings to help connect at-risk children and their families to SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

This document, from Screen and Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity, outlines key advocacy actions and strategies that pediatricians, as well as other health care providers, can take to address food insecurity in the U.S.

This poster, from Screen and Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity, can be used in health care settings to help connect at-risk children and their families to SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

This poster, from Screen and Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity, can be used in health care settings to help connect at-risk children and their families to SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

This paper provides background information on SNAP; briefly summarizes the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on health and well-being; summarizes research on SNAP’s role in addressing these issues among low-income Americans; and describes how this role of furthering the public’s health would be enhanced if SNAP benefits were more adequate.

Approximately every five years, Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill, a comprehensive piece of legislation that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

This primer includes information on: What is the Farm Bill?; What is at Stake in the Farm Bill’s Nutrition Title?; Scope of the Farm Bill; What Food Programs are up for Review?; In Congress, who has Responsibility for the Farm Bill?

Because school districts using CEP no longer collect meal applications at all schools, states have developed alternative data sources for assessing the poverty level of schools. The main approaches are described in this chart.

Geared to help summer food sponsors who are working to improve the quality of meals they serve to children, this guide outlines three key strategies to improve meal quality: strengthening contract language, improving vendor communication, and increasing competition on a bid. It also contains tips to help anti-hunger advocates work with sponsors on this important challenge.

This brief, which contains the most recent data available, explains the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child Nutrition Division policies regarding eligibility for free school meals for certain homeless, migrant, runaway, and foster students; addresses frequently asked questions about implementing these policies; and offers tools to ensure that these students can access food both inside and outside of school.

The report, by FRAC and the National Association of Elementary School Principals, 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.