Resource Library

Steps to increase participation by sponsors, sites, and children and a typical state/community timeline.

Strategies 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.

The Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) program, authorized under Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-Vento Act), was created to ensure homeless students have educational rights and protections. State Education Agencies (SEA) and Local Education Agencies (LEA) must review and revise their current policies and procedures to safeguard homeless students’ access to high-quality education as part of drafting their Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans.

What’s at a summer meals site?

Free nutritious meals and snacks
Educational activities
Opportunities to play
Adult supervision
Safe environment

Quote of the Day: Hunger doesn’t take a vacation. Summer meals matter. – FRAC President Jim Weill

3M children ate summer meals in July 2016.

A report on the reach of summer breakfast and a companion piece to FRAC’s Summer Nutrition Status Report: Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, released on June 13, which focuses on summer lunch participation.

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

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.

Summer programs that achieved gold and silver standards of excellence.

Gold, Silver and Bronze criteria in chart form.

Includes Gold, Silver and Bronze model menus for hot and cold foods.