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Farm to School ASAP Training Webinar

This training to provides grantees instruction on how to complete ASAP enrollment and use ASAP to access your grant funds.

Back to School

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

Initiative

Healthy Meals Incentives for Schools

The Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative seeks to improve the nutritional quality of school meals through food systems transformation, school food authority recognition and technical assistance, the generation and sharing of innovative ideas and tested practices.

08/07/2024

School Year 2024-25 Paid Lunch Equity Tool Walkthrough

This webinar gives a brief introduction to the paid lunch equity requirement followed by a walk-through of the school year 2024-25 paid lunch equity tool.

Supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty through Farm to School

In cooperation with FNS, the Intertribal Agriculture Council, will explore how farm to school programs can better support Indigenous Food Sovereignty efforts with American Indian/Alaskan Native youth and producers.

Farm to School Institute Adaptation Program

In cooperation with FNS, the Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools is hosting the Farm to School Institute Adaptation Program. This program will teach state teams to host their own farm to school institutes. These institutes teach schools and childcare operators how to create and sustain farm to school programs.

Reducing Added Sugars at School Breakfast

This training guide for school nutrition professionals presents how to identify sources of added sugars and ways to reduce added sugars in school breakfast meals.

Back to School Social Media Shareables

Schools, partners, and state agencies are welcome to use this free Team Nutrition graphic to spread the word about Team Nutrition resources that support child nutrition programs in school year 2024-25.

NSLP, SMP, SBP - National Average Payments/Maximum Reimbursement Rates

This notice announces the annual adjustments to the national average payments, the amount of money the federal government provides states for lunches, afterschool snacks, and breakfasts served to children participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; to the maximum reimbursement rates, the maximum per lunch rate from federal funds that a state can provide a school food authority for lunches served to children participating in the National School Lunch Program; and to the rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served to non-needy children in a school or institution that participates in the Special Milk Program for Children.

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