However, the program didn’t meet the needs of all Americans. Around the same time, the Black Panther Party’s “survival programs” were developed, starting in Oakland, California, in 1969.

From “Expanding the School Breakfast Program: Impacts on Children’s Consumption, Nutrition and Health” by Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Mary Zaki: School meals programs are the front line ...

About 8.1 million low-income children participated in the federal school breakfast program in the 2006-07 school year, an increase of 5 percent over the prior school year, but still a lower ...

The Universal School Breakfast program was first instituted by former Gov. Tom Wolf during the 2022-23 school year after pandemic-era federal waivers expired that that had given all students ...

DENVER (CBS4)- A free breakfast program at Colorado's poorest schools could be scaled back. The lawmaker behind the program says it's the only way to save it. "In my four years I've never worked ...

On Oct. 24, Gov. Roy Cooper announced he is directing $1.4 million in federal funding to expand school breakfast programs. Each school district can receive a maximum of $50,000 in grants. The ...

The state's free breakfast for every student program expires at the end of the current school year in June. Related Articles Wolf administration announces over $762,000 pledged to 122 Pa. fire ...

Link2Feed used USDA data to explore the history and scale of the school breakfast program. The U.S. served a record 2.5 billion meals to kids in 2022.