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Resource | FAQs/Q&As School Breakfast Program FAQs

The School Breakfast Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It began as a pilot project in 1966, and was made permanent in 1975. At the state level, the program is usually administered by state education agencies, which operate the program through agreements with local school food authorities in more than 78,000 schools and institutions.

03/31/2019
Resource | Training and Outreach Best Practices: Special Populations

This section describes the successes sponsors have had in meeting the unique needs of children and attracting them to their summer meal sites.

03/31/2019
Resource | Training and Outreach SFSP Best Practices - Activities

This section features sponsors that, in addition to providing basic meal services, have successfully integrated quality social, recreational, or educational activities into their programs. 

03/31/2019
Resource | Training and Outreach Best Practices: Sponsor Retention

This section is a collection of strategies from several states who found success in retaining their SFSP sponsors.

03/31/2019
Resource | Training and Outreach Best Practices: Meal Service

This section shares ideas that creative sponsors have used to enhance the overall quality of the meals they serve. 

03/31/2019
Resource | Fact sheets Accurate Meal Counting and Claiming in SFSP

This fact sheets was designed to help summer sponsors and site supervisors easily comply with program requirements.

03/30/2019
Resource | Fact sheets Do's and Don'ts for Site Supervisors

This fact sheets was designed to help summer sponsors and site supervisors easily comply with program requirements.

03/30/2019
Resource | Fact sheets How to Participate in Summer Meals

This fact sheet (in English or Spanish) provides information about how SFSP works and what you can do to participate in summer meals.

03/30/2019
Page updated: October 14, 2021