National School Lunch Program

Apply to Operate the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program

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

Apply to Operate the USDA Foods and DoD Fresh Produce Program

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.

Meal Pattern

• 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)

Guidance Manuals

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

• Arizona School Breakfast 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
• 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

Required State Reporting

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

upLIFT

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!

School Nutrition Advisory Council (SNPAC)

The School Nutrition Programs Advisory Council (SNPAC) is comprised of dedicated School Food Authorities (SFA) to serve as a liaison between ADE and SFAs in Arizona. This council will work to improve mutual communication and understanding of one another’s needs, challenges, and priorities to better serve the children of Arizona and ensure customers receive the vmaximum benefit from our programs.

• Meet the SNPAC
• Meeting Minutes

Arizona Farm to School Network

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