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National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) are federally assisted meal programs through the United States Department of Agriculture operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free breakfast and lunches to children each school day. The USDA Foods Program supports domestic nutrition programs and American agricultural producers through purchases of 100% Americangrown and -produced foods for use by schools and institutions participating in the federal programs.

If your entity would like to become a School Food Authority of the National School Lunch Program, please contact Peg Turner by calling (602) 542-8735 or email [email protected]. The first step towards providing healthy meals to your students begins with the Prospective Sponsoring Entity Form.

  • Prospective Sponsoring Entity Form

The USDA Foods and the Department of Defense (DoD) Fresh Produce Programs provide nutritious foods for schools to use in their school nutrition programs. If you would like to join these programs, please contact Nan Flores at [email protected] or (602) 542-8729.

  • National School Lunch Program (3-day, 4-day, 5-day, 6-day, 7-day)
  • School Breakfast Program (3-day, 4-day, 5-day, 6-day, 7-day)

Administrative Reviews (ARs)

ADE must conduct Administrative Reviews (ARs) of all School Food Authorities (SFAs) of the NSLP and/or SBP at least once during each three-year review cycle. The AR consists of an off-site portion where the reviewer will requests documents for the SFA to submit, and an on-site portion where the reviewer will observe meal service at a select number of sites within the SFA. The reviewer will notify the SFA of the deadline for the off-site portion, the date of the on-site portion, and the sites that will be reviewed. Each year, ADE will announce the list of SFAs scheduled to receive an AR in the upcoming school year. 

  • Administrative Review Schedule: School Year 2020-2021

 

Procurement Reviews 

SFAs will also receive a procurement review within the same program year of their scheduled AR. The procurement review assesses compliance surrounding the SFA's procurement of goods and services.

  • Procurement Review Schedule by Group

School Nutrition Program Manual

  • Introduction to the School Nutrition Programs
  • Application to the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
  • Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCI)
  • Student Eligibility
  • Verification
  • Second Review of Applications
  • Meal Pattern
  • Smart Snacks in Schools (Competitive Foods)
  • Accommodating Special Dietary Needs
  • Meal Counting and Claiming
  • Professional Standards for School Nutrition Personnel
  • Civil Rights
  • Food Safety
  • Local Wellness Policy
  • Resource Management
  • Potable Water
  • Outreach for School Breakfast
  • Special Assistance Provisions
  • Administrative Review
  • Procurement
  • Farm to School
  • USDA Foods and Department of Defense Fresh Produce

ADE Toolkits

  • Breakfast in the Classroom Toolkit
  • Grab ‘N’ Go Breakfast Toolkit
  • Second Chance Breakfast Toolkit
  • Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Education Toolkit

USDA Manuals and Handbooks

  • The Eligibility Manual for School Meals, Revised July 2017 (changes highlighted)
  • The 2017 Edition: Overcoming the Unpaid Meal Challenge: Proven Strategies from Our Nation’s Schools
  • USDA’s Food Buying Guide
  • USDA’s Offer Versus Serve Manual, Effective beginning School Year 2015-2016
  • USDA's Special Assistance: Provision 2/3 Guidance
  • USDA's Community Eligibility Provisions: Planning and Implementation Guidance
  • USDA’s Guide to Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs
  • Food-Safe Schools Action Guide - Creating a Culture of Food Safety
  • Guidance for School Food Authorities: Developing a School Food Safety Program Based on the Process Approach to HACCP Principles
  • Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Handbook for Schools
  • USDA Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs

Financial Guidance

  • Indirect Costs: Guidance for State Agencies & School Food Authorities
  • The Uniform System of Financial Records for Arizona School Districts
  • The Uniform System of Financial Records for Arizona Charter Schools
  • The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars
  • State Match for Districts
  • State Match for Charters
  • Institute of Child Nutrition Financial Management Information System - 2nd Edition
  • Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs

  • Administrative Reviews Summary
  • CEP Eligible and Near Eligible Sites SY 20-21
  • Non-Response Rate

The upLIFT webpage is created for you, the school nutrition professional, to learn and get inspired in how and what you feed your students. We hope you share your successes and ideas to teach your colleagues of Arizona. Together we can influence positive dietary behaviors in
students!

The School Nutrition Programs Advisory Council (SNPAC) is comprised of dedicated school nutrition professionals who will advise ADE on issues that impact growth, compliance, and nutrition integrity in Arizona school nutrition programs. The SNPAC consists of 13 individuals representing 38 LEAs and 178 sites in Arizona. The council members were carefully selected to create a diverse and representative sample of LEAs in Arizona. The SNPAC will be meeting monthly in Program Year 2021. SFAs are encouraged to contact the SNPAC member who best represents their LEA with any questions or concerns they would like to bring to the council.

  • Meet the SNPAC

The Arizona Farm to School Network envisions an Arizona food system in support of schools, producers and industry partners (distributors and processors) that work to engage children in healthy eating and connections made to where food comes from.

  • Arizona Farm to School Netwrok Structure
  • Strategic Road Map
  • Get involved with the Arizona Farm to School Network

 

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Program Forms and Resources

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Farm Fresh Challenge

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  • Providing Meals/Snacks After School
    • Afterschool Care Snack Program and At-Risk Afterschool Meals
  • Providing Meals/Snacks During the Summer
    • Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option
  • HNS/USDA Memos
  • Free and Reduced-Price Percentage Report
  • Civil Rights
  • Submit Data Request

Contact

  • Health & Nutrition Services
  • (602) 542-8700

From the Health and Nutrition Services Blog

Congratulations to Concordia Charter School for receiving a School Year 2019-2020 FFVP BRAVOcado! Excellence Award! Tue, Nov 17 2020

ADE has awarded Concordia Charter School a FFVP BRAVOcado! Excellence Award for their Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) operations during school year 2019-2020.

No Kid Hungry Grant Opportunity: Promising Practices to End Rural Child Hunger (Nov 18 deadline) Mon, Nov 16 2020

No Kid Hungry Grant Opportunity: Promising Practices to End Rural Child Hunger (Nov 18 deadline)

Grant requests will be considered for amounts up to $50,000.
 

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