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School Meals

Child Nutrition Programs

   Last Published: 10/21/2014

   School lunch line.

   The Food and Nutrition Service administers several programs that
   provide healthy food to children including the National School Lunch
   Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Child and Adult Care Food
   Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
   Program, and the Special Milk Program.  Administered by State agencies,
   each of these programs helps fight hunger and obesity by reimbursing
   organizations such as schools, child care centers, and after-school
   programs for providing healthy meals to children.

Initiatives

     * Healthier School Day
     * Farm to School
     * HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms (HUSSC: SL)
     * Team Nutrition

Spotlights

   Crunchy Hawaiian Chicken Wrap

   Learn how to prepare a Crunchy Hawaiian Chicken Wrap
   Tools for Schools

   Tools for Schools
   Community Eligibility Provision

   Community Eligibility Provision

   Nutrition Standards in School Meals
   Certification of Compliance

   Certification of Compliance
   6 Cents Rule
   Local School Wellness Policy

   Local School Wellness Policy

What's New

   Child and Adult Care Food Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to
   the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
   Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As
   Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs
   Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2015-16 Calculations and Tool
   Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
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