What's New

• The 2007-08 School Breakfast reimbursement rates are now available.

• Learn how to maximize the return of your School Meals Applications. New materials are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, Khmer, Russian, and Vietnamese!
  

• Read our May-June Brainstorm Newsletter for new benefits to eating breakfast, new materials for promoting the Summer Food Service Program, and a reminder for schools to notify parents that it's never too late to complete a school meals application.
  
  
• Read about our Healthy Meals Initiatives.

• Learn about Simplified Summer- the USDA's new cost accounting procedures for summer SFSP sponsors.
  

• Look for New! Items on our website:
  
  New! Breakfast Materials

• A step by step guide to serving breakfast in the classroom.
  
  
• Information about School Meals Applications in Spanish and Portuguese
  
  
• Sample newsletter articles and school menu briefs about breakfast
  
  
• Resources for community agencies to promote school breakfast
  
  
• Universal Breakfast Calculator for assessing the financial impact of offering universal free breakfast at one school, several schools, or district wide.

New! Summer Food Materials

• Sample Public Service Announcement (PSA) templates in English, Spanish, and Portuguese to submit to your local cable tv station.

• SFSP informational brochure with information on the benefits of the summer meals program.

• Multilingual Flyers with general information about the Summer Food Service Program in 7 different languages.

 

The Child Nutrition Outreach Program (CNOP) is a service provided by the Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE) and administered by Project Bread. The Outreach Program works with community members to increase participation in both the School Breakfast and the Summer Food Service Programs.