Child Nutrition
Food That's in When School is Out
Meet the Presenter
Crystal FitzSimons is Director of School and Out of School Nutrition Programs for the Food Research Action Center in Washington DC. The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and under nutrition in the United States. FRAC works with hundreds of national, state and local nonprofit organizations, public agencies, corporations and labor organizations to address hunger, food insecurity, and their root cause, poverty. As Congress Daily has written, FRAC is “the premier anti-hunger group in Washington.” www.frac.org
Workshop Theme
Many children in Idaho depend upon lunch at school for their main meal of the day and many go without sufficient food during the week-end. Parents also struggle to feed their children during the summer when school is out. As the recession has caused schools to shorten the school week or even school year, it has become even more important to make sure that Idaho children have access to “food that’s in when school is out.”
This workshop track will explore the issue and extent of childhood hunger and food insecurity in Idaho; review the numerous programs that link children to healthy meals and snacks; and focus upon a few successful out-of-school meal programs that Idaho communities can implement to make a difference. Examples of these programs include the USDA Summer Meal Program, After School Snacks and Meal Program, Backpack Program, WIC programs, Come learn about what you, your organization, and your community can do to make a difference! Join others in identifying ‘next steps’ for Idaho in addressing childhood hunger.
Idaho Child Nutrition Programs
Child Nutrition Workshop Resources and Materials
CLICK HERE to download the Child Nutrition Workshop PowerPoint presentation