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

2. 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
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3. Info to Know

5. 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

6. 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 Hunger Solution New York.
Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report, FRAC, June Click HERE to read. 6

7. Fuel to learn, grow, and succeed7

8. NOEP Outreach Campaigns

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

10. Outreach Campaign #1 10

11. Outreach Campaign #6 11

12. Memo and Campaign Launch Webinars

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

14. 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.

15. 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

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. 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.
* Free and Reduced Price Meal Application HERE or HERE for NYC 21

22. % of Federal Poverty Level above 185% = pay full price
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

23. Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced Price Meals Here and HERE Brochure for Parents

24. School Breakfast Program (SBP)24

25. 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

26. 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 26

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

28. 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 school year

29. NOEP Work Increase awareness about availability of school breakfast.29

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

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

34. 34

35. 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.
Source: Summer Meals Parents Survey, No Kid Hungry, 2013 35

36. 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

37. 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
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

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

39. 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, 39

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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. Resources 44

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

46. Child Nutrition Programs page at Hunger Solutions New York
HERE

47. 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

48. 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 Misha Marvel, MSW x 120
Out-of-School Time:
Summer Food Service Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program /Afterschool Meals

49. Thank you! Diana Lezette,
Training and Instructional Design Coordinator
x. 122
Prepared by a project of Hunger Solutions New York, USDA/FNS, and NYSOTDA. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. 49

50. 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