Resource Library

Health care providers can use this form to write a “prescription” for nutrition resources. The form, which can be tailored to local needs, contains information on the federal nutrition programs. The form is part of Screen and Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity.

Part of FRAC’s Summer Nutrition Programs Implementation Calendars and Guide.

Summary of the online survey collecting data from 48 state CACFP agencies serving a combined total of 98 percent of CACFP participants nationally and covering 2013.

Results from FRAC’s CACFP Nutrition and Wellness State Agency Survey.

Information on breakfast in the classroom, “grab and go” breakfast, and second chance breakfast.

Purpose, Statement of Support, and list of member organizations of the Breakfast for Learning Education Alliance.

This fact sheet contains information on buying groups, one option for collaborative food procurement, which can help school districts maximize nutrition program dollars while offering high quality food items to students.

A fact sheet containing National School Lunch Program participation, benefits, community eligibility, and FRAC resources.

A fact sheet describing how Provision 2, an option for schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs to reduce paperwork, simplify the logistics of operating school meals programs, and offer meals at no charge to all students, works.

President Obama released his proposed FY2017 budget to Congress on February 9, 2016. The priorities outlined in this budget reflect the administration’s ongoing commitment to supporting strong federal nutrition programs (including SNAP and the child nutrition programs).

An infographic explaining how the Community Eligibility Provision allows high-poverty schools to serve free meals to students through eliminating applications.

An infographic explaining that 21.5 million children received free and reduced-price lunch in the 2014-2015 school year through the National School Lunch Program.

An infographic, based on FRAC’s analysis of Gallup-Healthways survey data (conducted in 2014 and 2015), with text stating “1 in 5 households with children struggles to afford enough food for their families.”

Information on research supporting the health benefits of the School Breakfast Program.

Information on research supporting the School Breakfast Program’s benefits to learning.