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Many 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.

This 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.

This 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.

The 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.

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.