Breakfast

Grants are to support the purchase of approved equipment, materials and initiatives facilitating alternative breakfast delivery models in an effort to increase student participation in universal school breakfast. Grants can be requested in any amount up to $5,000.

Applying schools must either be implementing or be prepared to implement an alternative breakfast delivery model. All applications must have authorized approval by the School Principal and Food Service Nutrition Director.

Details of the the New USDA Standards for School Breakfast and Lunch.
By FRAC http://frac.org

school_meal_nutrition_rule_summary.pdf

"Serving breakfast at the beginning of the school day dramatically increases participation by making it convenient and accessible to all, no matter how students arrive at school. For instance, it eliminates the barrier often caused by tight bus schedules. Service options include breakfast in the classroom, “grab and go” breakfast service from carts or kiosks set up in school hallways or cafeterias, and breakfast after first period in middle and high schools."
By FRAC http://frac.org/

universal_classroom_breakfast_fact_sheet.pdf

Heather Hilleren, MBA GreenLeaf Market

Executive Summary
Studies have shown feeding children a nutritious breakfast increases their school performance, nutrition intake, and overall health while decreasing obesity, discipline problems, and illnesses. Financially, adding a school breakfast program (SBP) creates an additional revenue stream, increases jobs, and brings outside capital into a community.

SBP_cost_benefit_analysis_UW.pdf

This report examines the performance of school breakfast programs in 29 large urban school districts during the 2009–2010 school year, with the goal of monitoring their progress in increasing school breakfast participation among low-income students.

urbanbreakfast2009-2010.pdf