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May 2014 Community Eligibility option now availableCommunity Eligibility (CEP) is a new tool that allows high- poverty schools to offer breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge, while eliminating school meal applications. States were required to publish lists of all eligible and near-eligible schools by May 1. View NJ’s list of eligible schools. The Food Research and Action Center has assembled a host of easy-to-use resources to help school officials implement this new provision, including ways to ensure you receive state and federal funding in the absence of school meal applications. The state Departments of Education and Agriculture are expected to issue guidance on how districts can implement this option, so stay tuned. Kids Count reports track progress on school breakfastNew Jersey schools are making progress in feeding more low-income students school breakfast, with a 54 percent jump statewide, according to just-released NJ Kids Count data. Every single county achieved increases in the number of students receiving a nutritious morning meal that can help them concentrate and learn. Find out how your county ranked. New NJ school breakfast websiteWe have recently launched a new, user-friendly website for the NJ Food for Thought School Breakfast Campaign. Here you will find both advocacy and implementation tools to create more effective breakfast programs, New Jersey success stories and data on school breakfast participation for every district with 20 percent or more eligible students. |
In This IssueKids Count tracks data on school breakfast The Food for Thought School Breakfast Campaign is a partnership of state agencies, child advocates, anti-hunger coalitions, statewide education organizations and national organizations. |
Advocates for Children of New Jersey |