Child Nutrition Outreach for An Overview of Child Nutrition Outreach for NOEP Coordinators 1

NOEP Child Nutrition Campaigns What you can do – NOEP work Agenda Info to Know NOEP Child Nutrition Campaigns What you can do – NOEP work Referral resources Insert photos 2

Info to Know

Impact of Hunger and Food Insecurity Young children from food insecure households were found to be: 56% more likely to be in fair or poor health. 17% more likely to be hospitalized. 60% more likely to be at risk for developmental delays. Source: The Hunger Vital Sign: A New Standard of Preventive Care. Children’s HealthWatch, 2014

NYS Participation Rates Hunger is prevalent and the programs that help are underutilized: School Breakfast Program – 28% Summer Food Service Program – 31% SBP source: School Breakfast: Reducing Child Hunger, Bostering Student Success. March 2016. Hunger Solution New York. Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report, FRAC, June 2016. Click HERE to read. 6

Fuel to learn, grow, and succeed 7

NOEP Outreach Campaigns

Federal Child Nutrition Programs School Breakfast Program (SBP) Summer Food Service Program (Summer Meals) 9

Outreach Campaign #1 10

Outreach Campaign #6 11

Memo and Campaign Launch Webinars

Campaigns: Dates: School Breakfast: Mid-August through end of September Summer Meals: Mid-May through end of June

Campaign requirements All NOEP Coordinators must participate. An activity must be placed twice during the campaign. Webinar campaign launch give exact dates. An activity is outreach that has been submitted for approval, approved, and at least one item placed in the community. Ex. At least one approved flyer placed in the community.

SNAP or Child Nutrition CAMPAIGNS School Breakfast Heat And Eat You Work Hard SNAP Stay Healthy with SNAP SNAP. It’s Accessible Summer Meals SNAP or Child Nutrition

Qualifying and Applying: School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program

SBP and NSLP schools Generally: Income based determination of price: Free, full or reduced-price or Breakfast, or breakfast and lunch, are free for all students See School Breakfast Report 2016 for schools using CEP to offer free breakfast HERE 17

Many students do not need to fill out an application: “If you are eligible for SNAP, your children are eligible for free school meals.” “If they are not getting free meals, and you are receiving SNAP, talk to your school food staff.” 18

Children are also automatically eligible for free meals if: Household receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Cash Assistance (TANF) benefits Household receives Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) benefits 19

Children are also automatically eligible for free meals if: Homeless Foster care Head Start or Even Start 20

Applying for school meals SNAP households get a letter at the beginning of school year. However, if application is needed: Application from the school* One application per household Submit anytime Good for the school year, but must re-apply each school year. *2016-2017 Free and Reduced Price Meal Application HERE or HERE for NYC 21

% of Federal Poverty Level above 185% = pay full price 2016-2017 Guidelines for Free and Reduced-Price Meals % of Federal Poverty Level above 185% = pay full price between 130% - 185% = reduced-price under 130% poverty level = free 22

2016-2017 Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced Price Meals Here and HERE Brochure for Parents

School Breakfast Program (SBP) 24

School Breakfast Program (SBP) Federal program (USDA), administered by New York State Education Department. Any student can eat breakfast. In NYS, the maximum cost for reduced-price breakfast is 25 cents. 25

School Breakfast Program (SBP) In NYC - free to all and some schools serve breakfast in the classroom. See the School Breakfast Report for more information. New report in March! Some other schools use other options and provisions to provide break – check on your schools website or give them a call to see if breakfast is free to all. Hunger Solutions New York, School Breakfast: Reducing Child Hunger, Bolstering Student Success. 2014-2015. 26

Benefits of school breakfast Better math and reading scores, improved speed and memory on test Better attendance and punctuality. Less depression, anxiety and hyperactivity.

Also, there is a growing need for free/reduced school breakfast Number of students eating free/reduced breakfast is less than half of those eating lunch Also, there is a growing need for free/reduced school breakfast Talking point more students have qualified every year since 2007-2008 school year

NOEP Work Increase awareness about availability of school breakfast. 29

What NOEPs have done… Flyer or insert in back-to-school packets Outreach items: pens, lunch bags, coloring books, more Table at school health fair or open house 30

What NOEPs have done… Present to PTSA and wellness committees Outreach message on lunch menu that is sent home Referral system with school nurse, social worker or nutritionist 31

What NOEPs have done… Provided free and reduced- priced school meal applications to families. Visited and introduced themselves to the food service director or other person in charge of food service at school. 32

Summer Food Service Program a.k.a Summer Meals 33

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Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Nationally, 62% of low-income families report spending more on food during the summer, an average increase of $316 more per month. Nationally, 43% of low-income families find it harder to make ends meet during the summer. http://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/summer-meals/summer-meals-survey-findings Source: Summer Meals Parents Survey, No Kid Hungry, 2013 35

SFSP: Who? How? Where? All kids and teens 18 and younger, young adults with disabilities up through 21. No application, no proof of income. USDA reimburses for nutritious snacks and meals served at NYSED approved sites. 36

SFSP Low Participation in NYS On an average school day, over 1.1 million low income students across NYS eat school lunch. But: The Summer Food Service Program is greatly underutilized across NYS. In July 2015 - 288,473 low-income children received summer meals in NYS at 2,890 sites. Source: Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report, FRAC, June 2016. 37

Summer Meal Sites Sponsors: Administration of the program. Sites: Where kids go for food and fun! Many sites have learning enrichment! 38

Refer your families to open sites. Sites get updated weekly in the summer. Misha 8/6/2015 for talking points: this locator is shows only 'open' sites so as to not confuse the public and send them to closed enrolled sites.also,states provide weekly updated data to USDA on officially approved sites -- sometimes sites are up and running and seving meals before they are officially approvided by the state and therefore may not be on the mapper (yet).by clicking on a site (numbered blue dot), you see information such as sponsor, address, dates/hours of operation, type of meals served, directions, www.SummerMealsNY.org 39

Summer Food Service Program Text: Food or Comida to 877-877 Call: 311 downstate 211 Upstate TEXT CALL

What other NOEPS have done: Posters in schools, community centers, and sports fields Flyers sent home to parents Outreach items: Frisbees, yo-yo’s, lunch bags, coloring books, etc. 41

What other NOEPS have done: Table at summer meal sites Table at summer meals kick-off events Present at PTSA and Wellness committee meetings Patti Waldner, Jefferson County NOEP 42

Federal Child Nutrition Programs School Breakfast Program (SBP) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) – a.k.a Summer Meals and Snacks National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), including Early Childhood Care and Afterschool Meal Programs SNAP 43

Resources 44

SchoolMealsHubNY.org In their packets from 101s, also one page handout 45

Child Nutrition Programs page at Hunger Solutions New York HERE

School Breakfast Report: Reducing Child Hunger, and Bolstering Student Success. In-depth information on school breakfast, for example, has charts on: % of free/reduced price students in school districts Number and % of students eating free and reduced price breakfast Which districts/charter schools are providing free breakfast for all through CEP or other provisions And more… Hunger Solutions New York, School Breakfast: Reducing Child Hunger, Bolstering Student Success. 2014-2015.

Contacts for Child Nutrition In-School Time: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, Community Eligibility Provision Jessica L. Pino-Goodspeed, LMSW Child Nutrition Programs Specialist jessica.pinogoodspeed@hungersolutionsny.org 518.741.0917 Misha Marvel, MSW misha.marvel@hungersolutionsny.org 518.436.8757 x 120 Out-of-School Time: Summer Food Service Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program /Afterschool Meals

Thank you! Diana Lezette, Training and Instructional Design Coordinator diana.lezette@hungersolutionsny.org 518-436-8757 x. 122 Prepared by a project of Hunger Solutions New York, USDA/FNS, and NYSOTDA. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. 49

Survey to follow for both child and senior nutrition Prepared by a project of Hunger Solutions New York; funded by NYSOTDA. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. 50