Resource Library

Includes information on how Congress should maintain its historically bipartisan commitment to these nutrition safety net programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Child Nutrition Appropriations, Senior Nutrition Programs, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Congressional Hunger Center.

An editable pdf version of the CACFP Fact Sheet, with space provided for state information.

Monthly SNAP data reports for 2016.

Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) final rule, effective March 7, 2017, state agencies may use a telephone interview for SNAP applicants at initial application and recertification, unless the client requests a face-to-face interview.

This annual FRAC analysis looks at school breakfast participation rates and policies to evaluate successful practices in selected school districts across the country. (Previously, this report was known as School Breakfast in America’s Big Cities.)

This annual FRAC analysis looks at school breakfast participation rates and policies to evaluate successful practices in selected school districts across the country. (Previously, this report was known as School Breakfast in America’s Big Cities.)

In this annual report tracking participation in the School Breakfast Program, FRAC compares the number of schools and the number of low-income children that participate in breakfast to those that participate in the National School Lunch Program to measure growth in the program.

In this annual report tracking participation in the School Breakfast Program, FRAC compares the number of schools and the number of low-income children that participate in breakfast to those that participate in the National School Lunch Program to measure growth in the program.

433,000 More low-income students participated in the School Breakfast Program in the 2015-2016 school year than during the previous year.

Infographic based on FRAC’s School Breakfast Scorecard SY 2015-2016.

Chart based on FRAC’s School Breakfast Scorecard SY 2015-2016.

Top 10 States Based on Percentage Growth in Free and Reduced-Price Breakfast Participation, SY 2014-15 to SY 2015-16

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.