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Expanding Federal Food Program Access

• Facilitated a first-ever peer group meeting of area Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) administrators, resulting in increased collaboration between the service providers.
• Contributed to a 33 percent increase in local participation by children in the county-wide Summer Food Service Program (operated by the City) in 1991 compared to 1990. The Hunger Commission provided technical assistance in marketinq SFSP.
• Contacted school boards throuqhout Sacramento county and described their status in offering the School Breakfast Program at sites with large numbers of limited income children. This resulted in the expansion of the breakfast program into two additional sites within the Folsom Cordova School District.

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