School Breakfast Basics

1. School Breakfast Basics Making the Case & Making It Work

2. Overview Introductions Webinar Logistics School Breakfast Overview Making the Case Making It Work Next Steps Resources Q&A Discussion

3. Webinar Logistics • Telephone or speakers? • Everyone’s muted • Submit a question

4. Webinar Logistics • Polling questions • Please select answer and “submit” • Webinar recording & materials will be posted at: • www.actionforhealthykids.org/breakfast • www.breakfastfirst.org

5. Today’s Speakers • Moderator • Ellen Dillon, Action for Healthy Kids • Panelists • Madeleine Levin, Food Research & Action Center • Nicola Edwards, California Food Policy Advocates & BreakfastFirst Campaign • Marc Arakelian, Compass-USA and Chicago Public Schools • Beth Miller, parent volunteer

6. The School Breakfast Program • Background • Key term: SBP • Federal administration • US Department of Agriculture • State administration varies • Department of education, public health, or agriculture, etc. • Any public or private non-profit school can operate SBP

7. The School Breakfast Program • Background • Federal law does not require schools to operate SBP • 24 states do require certain schools to serve breakfast • FL: all public elementary schools • RI: all public schools • OR: schools with 25% or more students eligible for free or reduced-price meals • FRAC School Breakfast Scorecard summarizes all state laws on school breakfast

8. SBP Nutrition Standards

9. SBP Nutrition Standards Current Nutrition Standards • 1 Serving of Milk - Non-fat and low-fat milk only (2 choices) • 1 Serving of Fruits/vegetables (including juice) • 2 servings of Grains (including bread, cereal, pasta) or • 2 servings of Protein (including meat, eggs, cheese, peanut butter, yogurt) or 1 serving of each For more on this topic, join the Nutrition & Appeal webinar on March 6th

10. SBP Student Eligibility • Same criteria for school breakfast and school lunch • Free meals • Household income: at or below 130% federal poverty level (FPL) • Categorical: children receiving certain public benefits, foster children • Reduced-price meals • Household income: above 130% and at or below 185% FPL • Key term: FRP-eligible students

11. SBP Reimbursement to Districts • Federal reimbursement for each meal served • Amount varies by eligibility of student who is served • Amount also varies by percent of meals served at each school to students who are certified FRP-eligible • Some states also offer per-meal • reimbursements • e.g., California, Florida, • Hawaii, Illinois, Maine

12. SBP Overview *Districts receive an additional $0.30 for free and reduced-price meals served to students in “severe-need” schools. “Severe-need” schools serve 40% or more of meals in the free or reduced-price category.

13. SBP Access Source: School Breakfast Scorecard @ www.frac.org Where is SBP Available? • Nationally, nearly 87,000 sites operated SBP in the 2009-10 school year • Public & private schools, residential facilities, etc. • Increase of less than 1% from 2008-09 • 87% of sites that operated the National School Lunch Program also operate SBP in 2009-10 • State range: 100% (RI) to 58% (Connecticut)

14. SBP Participation Source: School Breakfast Scorecard @ www.frac.org National Data • Only 47% of students who benefited from free or reduced-priced school lunches also benefited from school breakfast • State range: 61% (NM) to 34% (UT) • That means less than 47% of students who are certified for FRP-meals are served by SBP • Well over 10.5 million students in need are missing out on school breakfast

15. SBP Participation Source: School Breakfast Scorecard @ www.frac.org Top 5 States (2009-10) State data available from:

16. Making the Case Nutrition & Health (Obesity Prevention) Academic Achievement & Behavior District Funding The School Breakfast Trifecta

17. Breakfast & Health • For complete references see: • Benefits of Breakfast: Health and Academics fact sheet @ www.BreakfastFirst.org • Breakfast for Health fact sheet @ www.frac.org • School breakfast is often healthier than breakfast from home • Less sugar, more fruit, more milk • School breakfast participants • Healthier body weight and BMI • Healthier overall diets (vitamins, micronutrients)

18. Breakfast & Learning Environment • For complete references see: • Benefits of Breakfast: Health and Academics fact sheet @ www.BreakfastFirst.org • Breakfast for Learning fact sheet @ www.frac.org Decreased tardiness and absenteeism Decreased disciplinary problems Increased motivation Improved peer-to-peer interactions

19. Breakfast & Brain Power • For complete references see: • Benefits of Breakfast: Health and Academics fact sheet @ www.BreakfastFirst.org • Breakfast for Learning fact sheet @ www.frac.org Eating breakfast is associated with Higher standardized test scores Improved math & reading grades Improved cognitive performance Better visual perception, spatial memory, short-term memory

20. Minding the Gap High need and low participation, why the gap? • Breakfast served at the wrong time • Students aren’t able to arrive to school early due to family or bus schedules • Students want to play or socialize instead of eat • Students are not hungry before school but are hungry before lunch

21. Minding the Gap High need and low participation, why the gap? • Breakfast served in the wrong place • Students want to avoid the stigma of school breakfast • Cafeteria not easily accessible (e.g. far from students’ first classes) • Cafeteria lacks the capacity to serve students quickly (e.g. long lines, inadequate seating)

22. Making It Work Service times & locations that meet student needs

23. SBP – Fiscal Impact

24. Additional Federal Dollars Top Five States (2009-10) Additional federal reimbursements for district nutrition services if 60% of school lunch participants also ate school breakfast (FRP-eligible students) Source: School Breakfast Scorecard @ www.frac.org

25. Chicago Public Schools- Nutrition Support Services: Healthy Schools, Healthy Students

26. Major Milestones 2006 2007 2008 2009 Spring 2010 SY 2011

27. Identifying a Need and Supporting Academics Annual Meals for the 2008 – 2009 School Year

28. Breakfast at Chicago Public Schools • Pre-2007 – Traditional before-school program • 2007 – Universal breakfast in the classroom pilot school • 2008 – Dedicated program director and implementation team • 2009 – Universal breakfast policy for all schools • Voluntary BIC expanded to 85 schools • 2010 – Voluntary BIC expanded to 200 schools • 2011 – Board adopts BIC policy for all elementary schools • Program fully implemented by June 2011 • First large-scale high school program at Roosevelt

29. 2010 Results 182 Breakfast in the Classroom Schools 6 Million Additional Meals Served!!!

30. Beth Miller • Wooster City School District • Wooster, Ohio • Parent Champion

31. Parent Involvement Steps to Take: • Enlist support/help of like-minded people • Brainstorm ideas for change • Go to administration with concerns and ideas • Be willing to carry out programming • Design programming that educates and empowers parents and students

32. Gather Information • Gather data and support for change • Surveys students and parents • Poll students in classrooms • Parent meeting with Food Service Directors • Call for pricing/ give food service ideas for healthier alternatives

33. Work Education into school day • Right to Read Week • Library talks • Taste testing • School assemblies

34. Work on Low or No Cost Changes • Universal breakfast to increase reimbursements • Investigate pricing of healthier options • Advertise on school P.A. system • Enlist student councils to assist BE PATIENT…Change takes Time!

35. How Schools Can Engage Parents • Look for those parent champions that have the ‘pulse’ of the community…if they can’t help they know someone who can. • Family nights • Bring the food service/nutritionist to the parents at PTA meetings or other sharing events • Educate the parents…parents need to know the benefits of breakfast at school

36. Take Action

37. Take Action • Teachers • Principals • Parents • Students • Nutrition Services • Custodial Services • District Administrators • District School Board • District Superintendent • Community organizations • Unions • Food banks/anti-hunger organizations • State Administrators Identify the stakeholders who can make innovative breakfast models a success

38. Take Action • Engage multiple stakeholders • Think about how Beth, an active parent volunteer got involved…through the school nurse • Gather a team…it could be a breakfast team or your school’s wellness committee (if you don’t have one, now is a great time to form one) • Not just a message from food service • Need administrator buy in

39. Take Action • Identify champions in your community who can engage stakeholders • President of the teacher’s union in Oakland USD is working to engage teachers in supporting and improving school breakfast

40. Take Action • Assess the status of school breakfast in your community • Service models used • Current level of participation • Level of need (i.e. Free and Reduced-Price) • Current champions

41. Questions?

42. Tools For You www.frac.org • School Breakfast Reports • School Breakfast Outreach Resources • Breakfast in the Classroom Tools • State and local data tool • Webinars on theHealthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

43. Tools For You www.BreakfastFirst.org • Fact sheets and videos • Health, academic, and fiscal benefits fact sheets • Research, presentations, webinars, and best practices • Breakfast data for CA and your district (CA only) • Updates, including new funding opportunities and materials

44. Tools for You • www.actionforhealthykids.org/breakfast • Target Audience Specific Materials • Administrators • Parents • Best Practices Stories • Webinars and grant opportunities • Stories from schools and parents taking action around school breakfast • www.actionforhealthykids.org

45. Upcoming Webinars Please Join Us! 12/6 –Breakfast in the Classroom 1/17 – Other Alternative Methods 3/6 – New Nutrition Standards and Alternative Breakfast 5/1—Promotion, Outreach and Sustainability

46. Thank You! Contact us at: Nicola Edwards, nicola@cfpa.net 213-482-8200 Madeleine Levin, mlevin@frac.org 202-986-2200 x3004 Ellen Dillon, edillon@actionforhealthykids.org410-707-9038

47. Thank you to our Sponsor • This webinar series is made possible by the Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund. We appreciate their generosity and support. • For more information on the benefits of breakfast you may visit: • www.loveyourcereal.com • www.Kelloggvideos.com