Breakfast at School

• The School Breakfast Program is a federal (and state) funded program available to all schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program
• Today, about 78,000 schools serve breakfast to 9 million children, while 98,000 schools provide school lunch to 29 million children.
• Every school, public or private non-profit, or residential child-care institution, is eligible to receive federal funds for a breakfast program.
• Breakfast served as part of the School Breakfast Program provide one-fourth or more of the daily recommended levels for key nutrients that children need each day.  School breakfast menus must be planned so that no more than 30% of the calories come from fat and less than 10% come from saturated fat.

For more information on:

• School Breakfast Program
• “got breakfast?” campaign
• Breakfast BREAKS