The NJ Breakfast After the Bell law mandates schools in high-poverty districts provide breakfast at the start of the school day beginning in September 2019.
Tag: Child nutrition
New report offers strategies to feed more of NJ’s youngest children
A survey reveals that children might go hungry without the nutrition they receive through the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program
NJ serves up more summer meals in 2017 Sites, sponsors sought for 2018
The rise in federal dollars in NJ communities helped to feed more hungry children. Find out how you can help feed more hungry children.
NJ failing to make significant progress to serve school breakfast to more low-income students
Read FRAC 2016-2017 School Breakfast Scorecard and a new report on how to make school breakfast work in large school districts.
School breakfast participation dips
Breakfast after the bell is very doable, but school leaders must have the will to embrace it. And that’s where local advocates come in – by bringing this issue to the attention of school boards, superintendents, parents and others in the school community.
