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WELCOME. Food Policy Lunch: Dispelling the Myths around School Breakfast. November 20 th , 2013. An In-Depth Look on the Status and Future of Texas’ Children. W elcomi ng Remarks. Liliana Esposito, Vice President, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Dean Foods. Welcoming Remarks.

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  1. WELCOME Food Policy Lunch: Dispelling the Myths around School Breakfast November 20th, 2013 An In-Depth Look on the Status and Future of Texas’ Children

  2. Welcoming Remarks Liliana Esposito, Vice President, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs,Dean Foods

  3. Welcoming Remarks Councilmember Jerry R. Allen,Dallas City Councilmember, District 10

  4. Chef Panel: Breakfast for less than $2.00 Chef Chad Houser, Executive Director Café Momentum Chef Graham Dodds, Hibiscus Chef Matt Ford, CBD Provisions Chef Jack Perkins, Maple & Motor and The Slow Bone Chef Julie Eastland, Café Momentum Cafe Momentum Interns Mailk Runnels Adolph Martin Jordan Farrar

  5. Food Insecurity and the Importance of School Breakfast Mandi Kimball, Director, Public Policy and Government Affairs, CHILDREN AT RISK

  6. About Us

  7. What We Do

  8. Of the more than 6.9 million children in Texas, how many children are still struggling with hunger? A. 10% B. 16% C. 20% D. 26% Test Your Knowledge

  9. D. 26% 1.8 million Texas children are living in food insecure households.

  10. What percentage of Texans reside in a food desert? • A. 5% • B. 12% • C. 15% • D. 30% Test Your Knowledge

  11. C. 15% The USDA estimates that 15 percent of Texans reside in a food desert, making Texas the state with the largest “grocery gap” in the country.

  12. What percentage of Texas children who qualify for free or reduced priced meals during the school year, participate in the Summer Meals Program? • A. 1% • B. 3% • C. 9% • D. 11% Test Your Knowledge

  13. D. 11% Only 11% of the roughly 3 million Texas children who qualify for free or reduced priced meals during the school year participate in the Summer Meals program

  14. Poverty

  15. Poverty - Texas and the Nation • In Texas, 17.9% of the total population lived in poverty in 2012. • 26% of Texas children lived in poverty in 2012 • 29% of Dallas County children lived in poverty in 2012

  16. Food Insecurity

  17. What is Food Insecurity?

  18. Food Insecurity: Texas and the U.S.

  19. Food Insecurity: North Texas

  20. Using Our Schoolsto Combat Food Insecurity

  21. Success in the 83rd Legislature

  22. Poverty in Texas Schools

  23. Texas & North Texas School Breakfast Participation Rates

  24. 464,945 of eligible North Texas students did NOT participate in school breakfast last year

  25. Reasons for Low Breakfast Participation

  26. Four Myths About Expanding School Breakfast

  27. HOW BREAKFAST CAN HELP

  28. The importance of school meals….. Students can’t learn if they are hungry.

  29. Thank You! • Q & A • Contact Information: Mandi Kimball, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations: mkimball@childrenatrisk.org or 713.869.7740

  30. Various Perspectives on Adoption and Implementation of Universal School Breakfast Jaime Hanks Meyers, CHILDREN AT RISK Dan Micciche, Dallas ISD School Board Dora Rivas, Dallas ISD Dr. Kim Broadway, Mesquite ISD Sheri Carcano, Irving ISDSarahbethGhozali, Dairy MAX

  31. Thank You • Food Policy Lunch: • Dispelling the Myths around School Breakfast November 20th, 2013 An In-Depth Look on the Status and Future of Texas’ Children

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