{"id":11540,"date":"2020-03-05T22:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T22:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/indiana\/?page_id=11540"},"modified":"2022-03-08T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T19:45:00","slug":"toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/indiana\/useful-resources\/toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"School Breakfast Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Indiana School Breakfast Toolkit<\/strong> is your one-stop-shop for information, resources, and tools to support your school breakfast program. This toolkit includes Indiana specific breakfast data, information regarding strategies to boost participation in your program and resources specific to stakeholder groups including School Nutrition Staff, Administrators, and Teachers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Power of Breakfast<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Millions of kids in America don\u2019t get enough food at home.<\/b> 1 out of 7 kids struggle with hunger. There are hungry kids in every kind of community, from big cities to rural towns to wealthy suburbs. <\/span>
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Hungry children cannot learn.
<\/b><\/b>Childhood hunger negatively affects health, academic achievement and future economic prosperity. Students who eat school breakfast have been shown to miss less school, get better grades and are more likely to graduate high school. The Social Impact Analysis conducted by No Kid Hungry and Deloitte connects outcomes from the School Breakfast Program with long-term benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

School breakfast is a balanced breakfast. <\/b>
<\/b>Kids who eat school breakfast are more likely to have a better overall diet, eating more fruits, dairy and a variety of foods. Any food items served at breakfast must meet strict dietary guidelines created by the USDA. Menu items rotate to provide variety, but a school breakfast always includes milk, fruit and whole grains. <\/span>Alternative breakfast service models reach more students than traditional cafeteria breakfast.<\/b>
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Fewer than half of the kids who get a free or reduced-price school lunch, on average, get a free or reduced-price breakfast. Multiple barriers prevent students from getting traditional cafeteria breakfast (before the bell), including buses arriving late at school; stigma that school breakfast is for \u201cpoor\u201d kids; students preferring to socialize instead of eat; and the cafeteria not being conveniently located for students. Making breakfast a part of the school day addresses all of those barriers and enables more kids to start the day with a healthy meal.\u00a0<\/span>
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A Deloitte study found that school breakfast contributes to improvements in attendance and test scores, which are influential on graduation rates and future economic prospects.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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School Breakfast in Indiana<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An estimated <\/span>273,380\u00b9 <\/b>children in Indiana live in household that struggle to put enough food on the table.<\/span><\/p>

Hunger is more than just a hungry belly. Kids without consistent access to nutrition have a harder time focusing in school. They are more likely to exhibit behavioral problems and visit the school nurse more often due to stomach aches and headaches. Additionally, kids who struggle with hunger are more susceptible to obesity or being overweight and are sick more often.<\/span><\/p>

This is a problem with a solution. Programs like school breakfast are designed to close the gap between kids who have enough to eat and those who do not. These programs are only successful, however, when they actually reach the kids who need them.<\/span><\/p>

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