Stay up-to-date on the latest news with our bi-monthly newsletter from Center for Best Practices.
Previous Newsletters
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Mid-January 2023: Omnibus Summary and School Meals Policy Update
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December 2022: SNAP in Schools Survey and New Nutrition Hubs Resource
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Mid-November 2022: What Do Teens Really Think About School Meals?
- November 2022: Updated Averaged Eligibility Map and Staff Wellness Resource
- Mid-October 2022: SNAP in School resources and grant opportunity
- October 2022: SNAP in Schools Toolkit
- Mid-September 2022: Universal Free School Meals State Landscape
- September 2022: CEP Communications Toolkit and OST Champion Application Open
- Mid-August 2022: Updated CEP Calculator and Alternative Income Form and Rural Community Resources
- August 2022: New Grants Webpage and CEP Resources
- Mid-July 2022: P-EBT Outreach Toolkit and WIC Online Ordering Learnings
- July 2022: Increasing Participation through Alternative Service Models and Porch Visit Innovation Brief
- Mid-June 2022: Navigating Area Eligibility and Planning with Purpose, a DEI checklist for events
- June 2022: Pandemic P-EBT toolkit and 2022 Impact of Lost Area Eligibility Map
- Mid-May 2022: Tips for Congregate Meal Service
- May 2022: Early Childhood Advisory Group
- Mid-April 2022: School Food Pantry Best Practices and Summer Meals Resource Digest
- April 2022: Summer Meals Outreach Toolkit and Operations Comparison Chart
- Update on Summer 2022 and School Year 22-23 Operations
- Mid-March 2022: Upcoming Webinars and Omnibus Bill Update
- March 2022: Cooking Matters Update and Rural Child Hunger Summit Registration Open
- February 2022:Summer Meals 2022 Support Survey
- January 2022: Spotlight on Equity and Save the Date for Rural Child Hunger Summit
- December 2021: Build Back Better Call to Action & Youth Amabassador Application
- Mid-November 2021: Staffing Up: Strategies for Working Through Labor Shortage Challenges
- November 2021: How School Meals Can Support Social-Emotional School Climates
- Mid-October 2021: Child Tax Credit and Rural Communities Utilize Local Foods
- October 2021: Tips for Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions
- Mid-September 2021: Fast Facts on P-EBT and Serving Meals During Holidays and School Closures
- September 2021: New Resource - Serving Virtual Students and SNAP Guides for Advocates
- Mid-August 2021: How to Gather Feedback from Families & Communication Recommendations
- August 2021: Equipment Tips for School Meal Operations During the 2021-2022 School Year
- Mid-July 2021: Afterschool Meals Program Resource Highlight
- July 2021: School Meals Applications/Alternative Income Form Toolkit and Program Options and Waivers for SY 21-22
- Mid-June 2021: Meal Quality and Summary of Current COVID-19 Waivers
- June 2021: Summer 2021 Resources
- Mid-May 2021: P-EBT Fast Facts and Introduction to the CEP Calculator
- May 2021: Tips for Summer Staffing and Outreach
- Mid-April 2021: Promoting Educational Equity with CEP
- April 2021: CEP Benefits Students, Families, and Schools
- Mid-March 2021: USDA Waiver Update and Highlighting Rural Communities Campaign
- March 2021: Innovations in WIC Clinic Redesign
- Mid-February: WIC Online Grocery Ordering; The Educator's Guide to School Meals During SY 20-21
- February 2021: Conversation Starters for Designing More Inclusive School Meals Programs
- January 2021: Strategies to Increase Meal Participation during COVID-19
- Mid-December 2020: FAQs on P-EBT for SY 20-21; Celebrating Ten Years of Afterschool Meals
- December 2020: Meals Count Survey and Call for Rural Child Hunger Summit Session Proposals
- Mid-November 2020: Preparing for Winter Weather; Holiday and Breaks During SY 20-21
- November 2020: Let Your Community Shape Your Meal Programs
- Mid-October 2020: School Meals Marketing Toolkit and Schools as Nutiriton Hub Grant Announcement
- October 2020: New Cooking Matters Grant
- Mid-September 2020: New Case Study on Adapting School Nutrition During COVID
- September 2020: USDA extends SSO/ SFSP waivers
- Mid-August 2020: Free and Reduced Price Meals Outreach Kit
- August 2020: Back-to-School 2020-2021 Resources
- Mid-July 2020: The Importance of School Meals and Summer Outreach
- July 2020: Community Eligibility Provision New Resources
- Mid-June 2020: Summary of COVID-19 Waivers
- June 2020: Educator's Guide to Emergency Meals and FAQ on Pandemic EBT
- Mid-May 2020: Support HEROES act Now
- May 2020: COVID-19 Response Survey and Action Needed
- April 2020: COVID-19 Update & Launch of Texting Hotline for Emergency Meals
- March 2020:COVID-19 Response & Resources
- February 2020:New Research for Breakfast After the Bell Reduces Chronic Absenteeism
- January 2020: Plan for Summer 2020
- December 2019: Breakfast After the Bell Strategies for Middle and High Schools
- November 2019: Hunger Innovation Report + New Afterschool Meals Case Studies
- October 2019: Strategies for Finding Success with CEP + Exciting new CEP Research!
- September 2019: Apply to be an Afterschool Meals Champion
- August 2019: Afterschool Resources Updated with 2019-2020 CACFP Reimbursement Rates
- July 2019: Mobile Meals case studies and Elevate the Plate challenge
- June 2019: Summer Awareness Building Toolkit
- May 2019: Providing universal free school meals
- April 2019: High school breakfast success - promotional video
- March 2019: School breakfast promotion strategies + sample school breakfast legislation
- February 2019: No Kid Hungry Mobile Meals Toolkit
- January 2019: Averaged Eligibility Map updated and new afterschool meals case studies
- December 2018: Serving meals over the holidays with CACFP
- November 2018: Summer Meals Memoranda Rescission
- October 2018: New resources for breakfast, summer, and afterschool meals
- September 2018: Webinars and Exciting New Fellowship Opportunity
- August 2018: Register for our upcoming webinars!
- July 2018: Exciting new resources & "Summer Action Week"
- June 2018: Summer meals are here & "Schools as Nutrition Hubs"
- May 2018: Sample breakfast legislation & "Teacher Appreciation Week"
- April 2018: Nevada, A Breakfast after the Bell Case Study
- March 2018: National School Breakfast Week!
- February 2018: Reducing food waste and the benefits of consolidating state agencies
- January 2018: "Breakfast nudges" - a fun way to increase school breakfast participation
- December 2017: We've updated our interactive "Averaged Eligibility Map!"
- November 2017: Talking Breakfast after the Bell to school stakeholders
- October 2017: Healthy school breakfasts and state agency checklists
- September 2017: Optimizing summer and afterschool meals + afterschool meals reimbursement rates
- August 2017: Making Breakfast After the Bell work in middle and high schools, plus equipment tips
- July 2017: So many ways to find summer meals! And "Summer Action Day" is July 13th.