Resources

No Kid Hungry is committed to ensuring that program sponsors, community organizations, and advocates have the resources and tools they need to ensure all kids have the food they need to thrive. We’ve highlighted several current resources below, including resources specifically for Kentucky schools and families. 

To access our full national resource library, visit our Center for Best Practices website. 

Center for Best Practices

Did you know that No Kid Hungry also hosts webinars on various topics around child nutrition? Click here to access webinars (both upcoming and recordings)!

  • School Meals Application Outreach Toolkit
    This toolkit includes guidance on connecting with families about meal applications, outreach examples from other school districts, and ready-to-use No Kid Hungry resources in both English and Spanish.
  • 2022-2023 School Meals Marketing Toolkit
    Marketing is one of the most effective tools for increasing participation in school meals. This toolkit was created to help you get the word out to students and families about school meals and includes both ready to use and customizable assets to help you quickly and easily communicate with students and families through social media, newsletters, flyers and more.
  • School Breakfast Toolkit
    This toolkit was created to help with the launch and implementation of alternative breakfast models within schools in Kentucky.
  • Farm to School Network
    • The Kentucky Horticulture Council hosted a series of webinar on topics regarding how to start buying produce directly through Kentucky farmers. Click here to access the webinar recordings. 
    • Guide to KY Farm Foods from Distributors: Did you know that distributors have Kentucky-grown products available?  These Kentucky farm impact products are available either shipped or delivered to schools across Kentucky. Farm impact products are sourced, wholly or in part, from farms in Kentucky.
  • Summer Meals Outreach Toolkit
    This toolkit features a range of ready-made promotional materials to help publicize summer meals in your communities 
  • Averaged Area Eligibility Map
    This map can show you whether your summer meal site or day care home is in an area eligible location based on the USDA Food and Nutrition Service’s averaging policy.
  • No Kid Hungry Summer Meals Calculator

    This budgeting tool can help you plan for your summer meals program, including specific guidance on budgeting for mobile meals.

  • Tips for Staffing Summer Meals Programs
    No Kid Hungry gathered advice from summer nutrition heroes who have found innovative ways to ensure that their programs stay afloat in the summertime with passionate and dedicated staff. 

Summer EBT (SUN Bucks)

Summer EBT (also known as SUN Bucks) is a new federal nutrition program that provides grocery benefits during the summer months to families with children eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. In Kentucky, SUN Bucks is administered by the Department of Community-Based Services, in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education,  and will provide $120 per child per summer, provided on a debit-style EBT card that can be used to purchase food at grocery stores, farmers markets, and online. Pilots of Summer EBT conducted over several years have shown the program reduced child food insecurity by a third for participating children and increased consumption of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. In Kentucky, 600,000 children will be able to access these new benefits in summer 2024.

Stay tuned for more information and resources as it becomes available.