- Author: Chutima Ganthavorn
- Editor: Andra Nicoli
- Contributor: Marlyn Pulido
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Published on: May 28, 2019
UC-led partnership resulted in a successful “Breakfast on the Playground” campaign for Coachella Valley Unified Child Nutrition Services, increasing school breakfast participation at Cesar Chavez Elementary from 29% to 50% of student population.
The Issue
Cesar Chavez Elementary School located in Eastern Coachella Valley is a school with high needs facing several challenges including high poverty, food insecurity, and childhood obesity. According to Lift to Rise's Neighborhood Data for Social Change, almost one in five of the residents live below 100% of federal poverty level in 2017. The percentage of free or reduced price meals at this school is 87%,...
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Condition Changes:
Strategic Initiative:
Healthy Families and Communities
Tags: CalFresh Healthy Living UC (10), Child Nutrition Services (1), Coachella (2), CVUSD (1), school breakfast (1), UCANR NOS (1)
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