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

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.

• • • Food Research & Action Center’s (FRAC) Summer Food Mapper helps identify areas that are eligible for Summer Meals
    • Access program planning tools No Kid Hungry’s: Summer Meals Best Practices Page
    • Utilize Food For Thought OK  Summer Meals outreach materials to promote the program in your area
    • Find your nearest Oklahoma Summer Meals site by visiting www.meals4kidsok.org

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.

• • • Visit Food Research & Action Center’s (FRAC) Afterschool Meals Resource Library
    • Learn more about program guidelines with USDA’s CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Meals Handbook
    • No Kid Hungry offers Afterschool Meals program Best Practices
    • Read how Oklahoma expanded its participation in Afterschool Meals program during the 2016-2017 school year through the FRAC 2018 Afterschool Nutrition Report

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.

• • • Read about School Breakfast Program participation across the state: Oklahoma School Breakfast Report Card (2016-2017)
    • Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) shares Strategies to Increase School Breakfast Participation
    • Learn more Breakfast After the Bell (BATB) models through Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom’s Resource Page and Toolkits
    • No Kid Hungry provides Best Practices for Implementing Breakfast After the Bell 

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
    • 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

SNAP

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.

• • • Oklahoma State Department of Human Services administers SNAP in Oklahoma. Their website offers an easy way to apply, review or renew SNAP applications 
    • For an online list of What Can SNAP Buy? visit this USDA website. This website also has links to information on SNAP E&T, Work Requirements, Eating Healthy with SNAP, and Research
    • The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides some Special Rules for the Elderly or Disabled regarding SNAP
    • Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) provides additional information on how SNAP Matters to Seniors
    • The National Council on Aging has resources for helping older adults maintain healthy nutrition: Senior Hunger and Nutrition

WIC

Through The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

• • • • Recently the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) released a report on Making WIC Work Better: Strategies to Reach More Women and Children and Strengthen Benefits Use. It includes best practices and recommendations for improving WIC programs.
      • In Oklahoma, WIC is administered through 10 programs. For convenience, WIC applicants can choose the nearest WIC location or the program of preference. All WIC programs are open to Native and Non-Native participants. Click on any of the Oklahoma WIC Programs below to learn more:
    • • • • Oklahoma State Department of Health
          • Cherokee Nation
          • Chickasaw Nation
          • Choctaw Nation
          • Citizen Potawatomi Nation
          • Inter Tribal Council of Oklahoma
          • Muscogee (Creek) Nation
          • Osage Nation
          • The Otoe-Missouria Tribe
          • WCD
    • U.S. Department of Agriculture supports the Farmers Market Nutrition Program was established by Congress in 1992, to provide fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables to WIC participants, and to expand the awareness, use of, and sales at farmers’ markets.