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Food For Children

Child Nutrition Programs

In Oklahoma, the Child Nutrition Programs are administered by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Summer EBT

Summer EBT is a new federal program that provides benefits to buy groceries to qualifying families with school-aged children when schools are closed for the summer. Summer EBT benefits come in the form of pre-loaded cards (like a debit card) that families can use to purchase groceries at participating stores. Families can receive a food package valued at $120 per eligible child. These benefits work together with other available programs, such as Summer MealsSNAPWIC, and Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation (FDPIR or commodities) to help ensure children have consistent access to critical nutrition when school is out.

Click here for more information on Summer EBT, or call 918-213-4855 8AM to 7PM Monday through Friday or 9AM to 1PM Saturday.

Summer Meals

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a federally funded program that provides kids and teens in low-income areas nutritious meals when school is not in session. Kids and teens aged 18 and under can visit a participating site to receive a free meal. Approved sites in rurally-designated areas may offer grab-and-go meals.

 

Afterschool Meals

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s At-Risk Afterschool Meals component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) offers federal funding to afterschool programs that offer enrichment activities and serve a meal or snack to children and teens in low-income areas.

 

School Breakfast

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s School Breakfast Program (SBP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. The School Breakfast Program gives students the opportunity to start their day full, focused, and ready to learn by providing a healthy breakfast at school.

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Hunger Free Oklahoma’s work on Breakfast After the Bell is sponsored by Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom and the Walmart Foundation.

CEP

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a non-pricing meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas. CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications.

  • Learn how CEP works with USDA’s Fact Sheet
  • Food Research & Action Center’s (FRAC) CEP Resource Page provides program guidance for school district leaders
  • In 2024, 159 Oklahoma school districts and 467 schools began participating in CEP, bringing the total in Oklahoma to 267 districts and 849 schools.
  • Determine if your school or district is eligible to participate in CEP with FRAC’s CEP Eligibility Database

 

Special Milk Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture also has a program to assist schools in Providing Nutritious Milk to Children.

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