New Report: Shine with School Breakfast, SY 2009-2010

Report by anti-hunger organization shows growth in School Breakfast Program, says State is still missing out on millions in federal dollars, highlights ways to increase participation.

Participation in the federally and state-funded School Breakfast Program grew to nearly 470,000 students served every day during the 2009-2010 school year in New York State, an increase of over 23,000 students daily from the prior school year. Despite this increase, the number of low-income students eating school breakfast still remains low. Less than 1 in 3 low-income students who qualified to eat free or reduced-price school meals actually eat school breakfast, according to “Shine with School Breakfast”, an annual analysis of the School Breakfast Program published by the Nutrition Consortium of NYS.

Click here for the report.
Click here for county-specific data from the report.