Child Nutrition Programs

SY 2015

School Food Service

Finance/

Business

School Nutrition Environment

Student Success

Student Success

• Under-nutrition (not getting enough to eat on a regular basis) and being poor can delay brain development and ability to learn. – The longer a child does not get enough to eat, the greater the chance of learning delays.
• Iron-deficiency anemia (low iron in the blood), which affects nearly 25% of poor children, is linked with impaired ability to learn.
• Poor children who attend school hungry perform worse on standardized tests than poor children who attended school well-fed.
• Improved nutrition can change the effects of not getting enough to eat early in life.

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Access to Meals

• Investigate potential barriers

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• Meal Service alternatives -
• Breakfast in the classroom
• Breakfast after the bell
• Breakfast at morning snack time
• Recess before lunch

Access to Meals

• Provision 2 Breakfast/Lunch
• Community Eligibility
• After School Snack or Supper
• Summer Food Service Program
• Summer school or enrichment
• Sponsor or Feeding site

Eligibility Data

• Free & Reduced eligible
• Review Direct Certification List monthly
• Siblings & household members of students on Direct Cert list
• Household Income Forms (CEP)

School Nutrition Environment

• HHFKA – Meal Patterns
• Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program
• Farm to School
• Wellness Policy Updates
• Smart Snacks
• Smart Snack Calculator
• https://www.healthiergeneration.org/take_action/schools/snacks_and_beverages/smart_snacks/alliance_product_calculator/
• Smart Snack Navigator
• https://www.healthiergeneration.org/live_healthier/eat_healthier/alliance_product_navigator/

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Nutrition Standards

• Food sold in school outside of meal program
• A la carte
• Fundraising
• Vending Machines

General Standards

All Grades

Financial Resource

Local Sales

Federal Reimbursement

State Match

USDA Foods

Equipment Funds

Provision 2

Community Eligibility

Administrative Reviews

• Three year cycle
• Conducted at SU level
• PS 1 – Eligibility Data, Benefit Issuance Meal Counting & Claiming
• PS 2 – Meal Patterns, Meal Service, Offer vs Serve

General Areas

• Food Safety
• Wellness Policy
• Resource Management
• Paid Lunch Equity
• http://www.fns.usda.gov/paid-lunch-equity-school-year-2015-16-calculations-and-tool
• Non Program Food Revenue
• Smart Snacks
• Civil Rights

Updates

• CrOmnibus Act
• Federal Equipment Grants
• Professional Standards Regulations
• Civil Rights Training & Requirements
• Direct Certification Report – mid-April
• Household income forms for CEP schools

Professional Development

• Monthly Webinars – Training
• FSMC Training - January
• Tri-State Child Nutrition Conference
• Sunday River, Maine April 30^th
• Summer Institute – August 10^th or 17^th
• Team Up for Success -

Questions

• Laurie Colgan

219 N Main Street, Suite 402

Barre, VT 05641

479-1187

Laurie.colgan@state.vt.us

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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer

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