Too many low-income children lack access to summer meal sites where they can eat, learn, and play.
Download the graphicToo many low-income children lack access to summer meal sites where they can eat, learn, and play.
Download the graphic“Serve breakfast instead of morning snack. Serve breakfast later in morning. Provide breakfast on weekends. Promote breakfast participation among sites.”
Download the infographicMany low-income children experience the “summer slide” — the loss of academic skills and knowledge over the summer. Enriching summer sites can help close the gap.
Download the graphicThis report measures the reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2017, nationally and in each state. A companion piece, FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Breakfast Status Report, focuses on summer breakfast participation.
Read the reportThis report measures the reach of breakfast through the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2017, nationally and in each state. It is a companion piece to FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report, which focuses on summer lunch participation.
Read the reportThe Summer Nutrition Programs can fill the hunger gap that exists during summer break for millions of low-income children in rural communities. Pairing summer meals with summer programs addresses the loss in learning that too many low-income children experience over the summer months.
Read moreData profiles are available for every state and for the nation as a whole, and are designed to help states measure how they are faring in using key public nutrition programs to reduce hunger and improve the health and economic security of low-income families.
Read the reportThis paper summarizes the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on the health and well-being of children; and summarizes research demonstrating the effective role of the Child Nutrition Programs in improving food and economic security, dietary intake, weight outcomes, health, and learning.
Read moreSteps to increase participation by sponsors, sites, and children and a typical state/community timeline.
Read moreStrategies for operating a cost-effective and sustainable summer food program, including information on: Program Planning and Logistics,
Daily Program Operations, Participation Rates.
Includes information on establishing sponsor retention plans that support the goals that follow: sponsors as customers, tracking sponsors, community partnerships, targeted technical assistance.
Read moreInformation for sponsors and supporters on setting goals for upcoming Summer Nutrition Programs. Part of FRAC’s Summer Nutrition Programs Implementation Calendars and Guide.
Download the toolkitFind a selection of FRAC conference call recordings on the Conference Call and Webinar Recordings page.
Find out moreFind a selection of FRAC webinar recordings on the Conference Call and Webinar Recordings page.
Find out moreThe Cities Combating Hunger through Afterschool and Summer Meal Programs (CHAMPS) initiative provides grants to create or expand programs providing children with afterschool and summer meals across 71 U.S. cities.
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