School social workers can help
increase school breakfast participation by encouraging schools in their district to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer breakfast for free to all students (particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school meals).
Thanks to the Utah Breakfast Expansion Team (UBET) we also have access to the Utah School Breakfast Report: Starting the Day Right: Best Practices for
Increasing School Breakfast Participation in Utah Schools provides valuable data about school breakfast participation in Utah, and tips and best practices for districts to more effectively reach students during the morning meal.
USDA offers marketing ideas and resources including activities for parents and students, printable materials including newsletter inserts, template letters and newspaper articles to
help increase school breakfast participation.
In partnership with our good friends at the Walmart Foundation, the AASA is providing school districts the opportunity to apply for school breakfast «mini-grants,» in an effort to
increase school breakfast participation using alternative breakfast strategies.
The high - performing states and school districts in both reports generally reflect the implementation of strategies, such as serving breakfast in the classroom and offering breakfast at no charge to all students, that are highly effective
at increasing school breakfast participation among low - income students.
Through grants and technical assistance, we partner with school communities across the Commonwealth to combat childhood hunger and support academic achievement by
increasing school breakfast participation via Breakfast in the Classroom programming, ensuring that all students start their day ready to learn.
CEP has been shown to
increase school breakfast participation by an average of 9 percent, with some school districts seeing participation increase by as much as 37 percent.
Kern Unified School District in Rosamond, California, three schools closed the gap, literally, between breakfast and students in order to
increase school breakfast participation.
The MA School Breakfast Challenge Partners are challenging Massachusetts School Districts to
increase their school breakfast participation.
The MA School Breakfast Challenge partners are challenging Massachusetts School Districts to
increase their school breakfast participation.