Useful School Lunch Links

State of Wisconsin Home Page
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
DPI -- National School Lunch Program
DPI -- Poverty Statistics for the FY 2001 LSTA
Searchable Wisconsin Statutes
Wisconsin Statutes 19.31 to 19.39 (Open Records)
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
WDOC Fiscal Information (Check out the cost of incarcerating a juvenile!)
Wisconsin School Food Service Association
State Medical Society of Wisconsin -- Low Participation In School Free Breakfast Program
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WisKids)
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
WPRI -- Hmong Students (Discusses School Lunch Participation)
Association for Equity in Funding
Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee

United States Census Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA National School Lunch Program
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
HHS HRSA Community Health Status Report for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
National Education Association
NEA -- When Kids Show Up Hungry
Children's Defense Fund -- Wisconsin's Children
Insure Kids Now -- Linking Children's Health Insurance Outreach With Schools
Senator Herb Kohl -- Kohl Designates Wisconsin For School Breakfast Pilot Project
The Urban Institute
The Urban Institute -- The Children's Budget Report
National Center for Children in Poverty
National Center on Poverty Law
National Center on Poverty Law -- Reauthorization of child nutrition programs before Congress (1998)
Food Research and Action Center
American School Food Service Association
ASFSA -- School Lunch Versus Lunches Brought from Home: The Nutrition Debate
The Political Graveyard -- Manitowoc County

There is much useful information on these sites, but it may require some effort to find it. Most sites have search engines, indexes, site maps, etc. which can help locate information. You will might want to try searches on "school lunch" or "child poverty" or similar topics which might be interesting. If you find something useful, let us know!

Some of the site links are followed by a link within the site which is particularly relevant and illustrates what useful information might be found on the site.

The US Census Bureau site contains an enormous amount of statistical information. The child poverty information link on our home page uses information obtained from the bureau's site.

The Manitowoc Public Library Databases link provides access to an index of HTR newspaper articles and other resources. The search interface is hard to use, but it has lots of very useful information. It may not work properly on your computer so you may need to go to the library and use one of the workstations there. The staff at the library reference desk is very helpful in helping locate information. Several years of the HTR are available on microfilm for viewing and printing. Use the computer database of articles to know where to locate articles in the microfilm archives. The library staff will assist with locating sources of information on any subject.

Wisconsin's Open Records Statutes grant citizens broad access to most information kept by the government, including school district information.

Let us know of other good sites to link to!

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