{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-215h","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215h","heading":"Child nutrition outreach program.","body":"(a) The Department of Education shall administer, within available appropriations and in collaboration with the Office of Early Childhood, a child nutrition outreach program to increase (1) participation in the federal School Breakfast Program, federal Summer Food Service Program and federal Child and Adult Care Food Program; and (2) federal reimbursement for such programs.\n(b) The child nutrition outreach program shall:\n(1) Encourage schools to (A) participate in the federal School Breakfast Program; (B) employ innovative breakfast service methods where students eat their breakfast in their classrooms or elsewhere after school starts, rather than only before school and only in the cafeteria; and (C) apply to the in-classroom breakfast grant program pursuant to section 10-215g;\n(2) (A) Encourage local and regional school districts to sponsor Summer Food Service Program sites; (B) recruit other sponsors of such sites; and (C) make grants to site sponsors to assist them in increasing child participation;\n(3) Encourage child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes, as such terms are described in section 19a-77, to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, including, but not limited to, through the sharing of relevant data between the department and the office; and\n(4) Publicize the availability of federally funded child nutrition programs throughout the state.","path":["TITLE 10. EDUCATION AND CULTURE","CHAPTER 169. SCHOOL HEALTH AND SANITATION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_169.htm#sec_10-215h","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:58Z","sha256":"205fc8b504c5b8e54844e6e3ad2ac032ea30aead3b1051287ef006b72a7d20d4","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-215g","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-215i"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}