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School Meal Programs
The Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger (VTCECH) is dedicated to ensuring that every school-age child in Vermont has access to both school breakfast and lunch, that these meals are nutritious, and that the students can enjoy them without stigma and eat them in a comfortable atmosphere.
Making sure every school has a program
Since 1991, VTCECH has worked with schools to start over 220 school meal programs. In 2007, as a result of VTCECH’s partnership with community leaders and schools, 290 out of 319 public schools in Vermont are making breakfast available to over 89,000 students, and 304 schools are offering lunch to over 93,000 students. In Vermont, about 30% of students are receiving free or reduced price school meals. |
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Currently, out of 319 Vermont public schools:
- 29 schools are without a school breakfast program
- 15 schools have neither a lunch or a breakfast program
- Look up your school to see if it offers school meals.
[Look up your school to see if it offers school meals]
School Meals
- Help families feed their children
- Improve nutritional health of all children
- Prevent obesity
- Improve academic performance
- Reduce behavior problems
[Click here for more information on the importance of school meals]
Can students enjoy the benefits of the programs?
VTCECH is collaborating with other organizations and with communities to improve the quality of the school meals and of the entire nutrition environment within schools. VTCECH also has initiatives to help students apply for and participate in subsidized school meals without stigma. VTCECH is also working with schools to enhance the quality of meal programs including making sure that the meals are offered when all students have adequate time to eat.
[To learn more, see our Best Practices]
For more information regarding the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program, please contact Dorigen Keeney, MS, RD, Director of Public Policy and Research. |
