Chris Cerf, acting Education Commissioner for NJ, said on Wednesday, “you can’t learn if you’re hungry.”

In a state with one of the lowest school breakfast program participation rates, Cerf was making an effort to encourage NJ schools to make access easier for kids. And the obstacle is not so much cost–although the state eliminated its $3M subsidy for the program, the federal reimbursements cover most of it–as it is implementation.

Hopefully our schools can learn how to open up the school breakfast program from other states that have been more successful– And there are 45 more successful states.

Resources:

NJ acting education chief says he’ll encourage districts to boost access to free breakfast for needy kids (northjerseycom)

State of the State 2012: Speaker Oliver Speech (nj.com)

School Breakfast Program (USDA)

Tags: child hunger, chris cerf, participation low, school breakfast program, sheila oliver, udsa

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