In This Issue

Register Now! Webinar on Community Eligibility Provision and LCFF  

Find out how your students and schools can benefit from the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) while also collecting the data necessary to implement LCFF. CFPA, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Food Research and Action Center are excited to offer this webinar that will draw on the experience of school districts within California and beyond. The webinar will be offered twice: once on May 29 and again on June 2. Please reserve your spot now!

 

Read more about the webinar and get registered. link

 

Questions? Contact Tia Shimada  at 510.433.1122 ext. 109  

Tell Congress: School Meal Nutrition Improvements are Successful! 

Quick moving congressional efforts to weaken school nutrition standards from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 are underway and would significantly undermine the successes that schools are experiencing in improving the quality of school meals. It is critical that advocates continue to remind Congress that the nutritional improvements made for school meals are working!   

 

Learn more about school nutrition implementation successes. link    

 

Votes on Agriculture Appropriations bills are fast approaching. Our national partners are telling us that California advocacy could critically impact the outcome of the Senate's Agriculture Appropriations bill.

 

Learn how you can advocate for school nutrition. link  

 

Questions? Contact Elyse Homel Vitale at 510.433.1122 ext. 206

School Breakfast Grants Available
Action for Healthy Kids has extended the deadline for their school breakfast grants. Grants can be used to implement innovative school breakfast models, such as Breakfast in the Classroom or Grab 'n Go. The school(s) must have a free/reduced priced meal eligibility greater than 50% to be eligible and priority will be given to schools with student enrollment greater than 500 students. Multiple schools within a district are encouraged to apply. Grants range from $500 to $5,000.

Apply for the 2014-15 School Grants for Healthy Kids. link

 

Questions? Contact Nicola (Nikki) Edwards at 213.482.8200 ext. 204