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Basic page The Road to Successful Menu Planning for School Meals Training Series

This training series is designed to assist school food authorities, state agencies, and others in implementing the updated nutrition standards for school meals.

08/19/2024
Basic page Back to School Toolkit

You are invited to share these messages and resources about how school meals help empower children to grow, learn and thrive.

08/16/2024
Basic page Back to School

Back to school means back to tasty, healthy meals served to nearly 30 million children every school day.

08/15/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline

National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program sodium limits and timeline

07/01/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance Updates to the School Nutrition Standards

This final rule - Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans - is the next step in continuing the science-based improvement of school meals.

04/24/2024
Resource | Factsheets Community Eligibility Provision Factsheet

The Community Eligibility Provision is a National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal service option that allows schools and school districts located in high poverty areas to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students.

02/21/2024
Resource | Training and Outreach Meal Talk Webinar Series

This interactive webinar series highlights resources and materials that address hot topics in school meals. FNS regional offices, state agencies, school food authorities and others who may be interested are invited to participate.  

11/07/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Menu Planner for School Meals

The Menu Planner for School Meals has been revised to reflect the Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Final Rule that was published in February 2022.

08/24/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Team Nutrition Training Grants

USDA Food and Nutrition Service expects to award approximately $9.6 million in total funding.

08/16/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Stronger with School Meals Educational Materials

School meals, and the school nutrition professionals that provide them, help children be strong physically and mentally. Celebrate the school community and promote healthy foods with these fun new school meals materials.

08/04/2023
Page updated: October 14, 2021