This webinar provides an overview of the Cooperative Agreement for the Development and Implementation of Healthy Meals Incentives School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants funding opportunity, including information about eligibility, application process, application requirements, scoring criteria, and more.
These 52 bright, graphic cards allow students to take learning into their own hands as they sort through the five food groups and explore familiar and new foods.
Letter to WIC state agencies on unwinding and impacts of infant formula shortage.
In FY 2022, FNS awarded $23,100,000.00 in grants to 66 WIC state agencies to support planning and implementation of projects to improve the WIC participant experience. State agencies each received $350,000.00 in funding to work on multiple types of projects.
The Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs is a comprehensive guide to determine whether a grain product is whole grain-rich or can credit as enriched in school meals.
Use these resources to share the benefits of a school breakfast in your community.
Whole grains resources for child nutrition programs.
The WIC Food Cost-Containment Practices Study describes the voluntarily approaches state agencies used in 2018 to reduce food costs when selecting and authorizing WIC foods. This study is the second of its kind; the first was conducted by the USDA Economic Research Service in 2003. This report examines how six types of food cost-containment practices are associated with food costs and WIC participant satisfaction, benefit redemption, and food consumption in 12 state agencies.
The Child Nutrition Program Operations Study is a multiyear study series that provides the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service with current information on National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program policies, practices, and needs from state agencies and school food authorities. Specifically, it covers policies related to school nutrition service operations, financial management, meal counting, eligibility, nutrition standards, and personnel. Results inform child nutrition program management and policy development. This study in the series covers school year 2017–18.
This webinar provides an overview of the various menu planning resources and helps Program operators locate and utilize these tools and resources through hands on activities.