Patrice Chamberlain Coordinator, California Summer Meal Coalition Strategies for Tough Times: Serve Free Summer Meals to Kids in Your Community

 Welcome! Patrice Chamberlain, California Summer Meal Coalition  Serving Kids in Need through the USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Dennis Arena, California Dept. of Education Nutrition Services Division  What A Successful Summer Meal Program Looks Like Randy Moens, Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission  From Summer Meal Site to Sponsor: Starting Out with SFSP Darren Tan, San Jose Park, Recreation & Neighborhood Services  Building Community Partnerships: Creating A Summer Safety Net Ecaterina Burton, Alameda County Community Food Bank Carmela Chase, City of Oakland Children & Youth Services  Q + A Webinar Agenda

 21 million children receiving free/reduced-price lunch through National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in the U.S.  In CA, 80% of the kids receiving free/rp lunch (2 million kids) not participating in a similar program in summer months  Worsens conditions of food insecurity, puts low-income kids at greater risk of obesity  The safety net of the school year is gone What happens in June?

 USDA Summer Food Service Program(SFSP)  Serve healthy, free meals to low-income kids  Connect kids with summer activities  Nutrition education (in a fun way!)  Meal reimbursement can help offset costs  Kids return to school in the Fall, healthy and ready to learn The Opportunity

 Statewide network brought together to address the summer nutrition gap  Administered by California Center for Research on Women & Families  Members representing broad group of stakeholders: schools, afterschool programs, CBOs, food banks, food policy & anti-hunger, nutrition/physical activity, state agencies  Thanks to Network for a Healthy California for making our work possible!  Alameda County Comm. Food Bank  California Center for Research on Women & Families  California Afterschool Network  California Dept. of Education  California Dept. of Public Health Network for a Healthy California  California Assoc. of Food Banks  California Food Policy Advocates  California School Board Association  CANFIT  Center for Collaborative Solutions  FIND Food Bank  Food Research & Action Center  Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission  Partnership for Children & Youth  Redwood Empire Food Bank  San Francisco Dept. of Children & Youth  School Districts: Escondido UH, Long Beach, Palm Springs, San Gabriel, Riverside, San Francisco, San Diego, San Leandro  YMCA Silicon Valley California Summer Meal Coalition

 Webinars  Monthly eNewsletter  Resources, Templates and Tools  Nutrition Education Resources How the Coalition Can Help

Contact Information: Patrice Chamberlain California Center for Research on Women & Families Coordinator, California Summer Meal Coalition CA_SummerMeals It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass