This factsheet highlights what the School Breakfast Program is and how it works.

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This toolkit helps schools promote and expand the School Breakfast Program (SBP). It includes PowerPoint files, information sheets, letters, and marketing materials that can be downloaded and customized to suit the needs of each school. The Toolkit enables schools to assess SBP potential and implement strategies for program expansion, stakeholder involvement, and school/community marketing.

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The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) website has a variety of resources on expanding school breakfast participation, how the program works, and a local data calculator.

This factsheet highlights what the National School Lunch Program is and how it works.

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This information center for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition Programs provides resources for meal service, including recipes and meal planning tools.

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This voluntary program focuses on improving the overall nutrition environment in schools and can be a great way to generate community support for a strong school lunch program.

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The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides federal funds to afterschool programs to serve meals to children age 18 and under during the school year.

The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) website has a variety of resources on afterschool nutrition programs including information about reimbursement rates, model programs, outreach materials, and advocacy efforts.

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The USDA produces a variety of handbooks for sponsors of Summer Food Service Programs.

2015 Administrative Guidance for Sponsors

2015 Nutrition Guidance for Sponsors

2015 Site Supervisor’s Guide

The USDA has a variety of materials available to promote the Summer Meals programs:

• Flyer – English / Spanish
• Customizable Flyer – English / Spanish
• Tear-Off Flyer – English & Spanish
• Postcard – English & Spanish
• Bookmark – English & Spanish
• Social media and web (660 x 660 pixels) – English / Spanish
• Social media and web (400 x 266 pixels) – English / Spanish
• Facebook (1001 x 1001 pixels) – English / Spanish
• Summer Food Service Program Fact Sheet

The USDA produces guidance on how to become a summer food service program sponsor and what types of organizations can supervise meal service sites.

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The Seamless Summer Option (SSO) allows school food authorities to provide free summer meals in low-income areas during the traditional summer vacation periods.

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The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) provides a variety of resources on starting and implementing summer nutrition programs including outreach tips, sample flyers, advocacy tools, model articles, and nutrition guidelines.

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States manage the Federal Child Nutrition Programs, and these contacts can provide information on how to participate and much more.

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