School breakfast matters for Missouri students
Child nutrition programs are essential to ending hunger and supporting children’s health, learning and development. One important yet underutilized program is the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Operation Food Search teamed up with the Social Policy Institute for a multi-year research project analyzing Missouri’s school breakfast data.
Sarah Ritter, manager of public policy, Operation Food Search, highlights key findings in a guest blog post for SPI. For example, though breakfast participation increased by a modest 1.1% compared to the previous year, only about half of all possible free and reduced-priced breakfasts were served.
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