03/31/2022
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐!
Hunger Solutions New York and No Kid Hungry New York have created a School Meal Application Toolkit (https://hungersolutionsny.org/federal-nutrition-programs/school-meals/school-meal-application-toolkit/) to help school districts communicate with families about the importance of completing free and reduced-price (F/RP) applications.
In New York State, all schools are required to collect household income information either through a F/RP application or an alternative household income formโeven if the school offers free meals to all studentsโto establish economic need for state and local funding.
The strategies and resources included in this toolkit can be used to:
โข Encourage families to submit a F/RP school meal application.
โข Communicate clearly the benefits of submitting household income information through a F/RP school meal application.
โข Improve the return rate of F/RP school meal applications.
Explore our new toolkit to find an array of resources specially designed to bolster your efforts to collect meal applications, including flyers, sample outreach language, and social media posts and graphics.
๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ-๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐!
Hunger Solutions New York and No Kid Hungry New York will be hosting a mini-webinar to give a live tour of our new School Meal Application Toolkit on ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ณ, ๐ฎ-๐ฎ:๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ.
Please register (https://bit.ly/3uKLkZU) in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting. This will also put you on a list to receive a recording if you are unable to attend in-person.
