Similar to the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program starts the school day on the right track by making sure learning is not  impaired by hunger by improving academic performance, behavior, and attendance.

Announcements                                    Overviews and On-Line Guides

Outreach Materials                                Reports and Research

Announcements

School meal reimbursement rates.

Find out how California advocates are expanding the child nutrition programs.  Read more on Breakfast in the Classroom.

School solves multiple problems with one solution-- serving breakfast in the classroom.  Palm Elementary School in Orosi cuts tardiness, behavior problems, nurse visits, and low test scores by serving breakfast in the classroom.  Read how they did it by clicking here.

Outreach Materials

• 2003-2004 Reimbursement Rates

• March resource guide for Food Service Directors 

• Talking Points on the Benefits of School Breakfast     

• Map of existing and potential SBP sites in Santa Clara County

• Free and Reduced-Priced Meal applications (20 languages)

• School Breakfast Packet

• Provision 2 Information Kit

• Immigrant Children Are Eligible for School Meals

• See our Outreach Materials page for additional items.

Overviews and On-Line Guides

• School Breakfast/Summer Food Program Grants

• March resource guide for Food Service Directors

• 2003 Fact Sheet on School Breakfast

• Are you eligible for School Breakfast Start-Up Grants?

• New Application for the School Breakfast Startup and Expansion Grants

• Map of existing and potential SBP sites in Santa Clara County

• USDA School Breakfast Program Information

• Food Research and Action Center

• American School Food Service Association 

Reports and Research

• Improving Meal Quality in California’s Schools (CFPA, revised 2003)

• Are Ineligible Children Receiving Free or Reduced-Priced School Meals? (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

• Breakfast Basics: A Guide to Feeding Hungry Minds in California through  the School Breakfast Program.  Click here for report and local press releases.

• School Breakfast Program Fact Sheet Basic facts about the School Breakfast Program, including Statewide data.
• Scientific Evidence Supporting School Breakfast
• USDA Participation Data State Level Data
• 2000Census Data on Poverty by School District  
• County Participation Data CDE County Profiles County Level Data, including participation (ADP).
• Free and Reduced Price Children CDE DataQuest (This website offers State, County, District and School Level Data. When you get to the site Under "Subject" choose "Select your own data". Then under Level, choose the level of data and year that you would like to see. 

For additional information, please contact Ken Hecht, by calling (415) 777.4422 x 102 or khecht@cfpa.net