Office of Nutrition Programs and Services

USDA Child Nutrition Program

Non-Discrimination Statement - Updated October 2015

Non-Discrimination Statement Guidance - Updated October 2015

Non-Distrimination Statement - Spanish Version - Updated October 2015

The Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) amendment to the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act requires a unified accountability system designed to ensure that participating sponsors comply with National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) regulations. The new Administrative Review provides a comprehensive evaluation of school nutrition programs and includes both Critical and General Areas of Review. Also included in the review are the new HHFKA program requirements and other federal programs.

NH Administrative Review Summaries by SAU/RA

If you are a new user you must create an account before filling out the Password Authorization Form, click on: my.doe.nh.gov/myNHDOE and follow the instructions.

Password Authorization Form

Trainings

2019 Tri-State Child Nutrition Conference May 1, 2019 registration information will be available shorthly.

Harvest of the Month Preschool Toolkit

Training Opportunity through the UNH Cooperative Extension

Welcome to Put Child Care Wellness in Writing. This 1.5 hour training provides information and strategies for anyone involved in the development of child care wellness policies. You'll learn about the elements that are required to be included in wellness policies and explore many best practices that can help you create a school wellness policy that supports students' health, growth, learning, and the development of lifelong healthy behaviors. The Link to use is https://canvas.instucture.com/courses/1144350

​Please Contact the following should you have any questions:

Lisa Richards, MS, RD, Nutrition Consultant, UNH Cooperative Extension

lisa.richards@unh.edu

Child Nutrition Programs

After School Snack Program (ASP)
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program (FFVP)
National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
Special Milk Program (SMP)
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Online Professional Development Training Tutorials for the National School Lunch Program

These food service tutorials were designed by the New Hampshire e-learning for Educators program at the NH Department of Education for the Bureau of Nutrition Programs and Services.

To register, visit www.opennh.net and select Bureau of Nutrition Programs and Services Tutorials under the Self Paced Tutorial Category. The 9 tutorials are free to food service personnel currently working in NH Public Schools.

Please read the training tutorial flyer to learn more about these tutorials

Training Tutorial Flyer

60/90 Late Claim Procedure

USDA Child Nutrition Programs
Meal Pattern Requirements Chart -
Effective October 1, 2017

The Chart is based on the updated CACFP Meal Patterns and the updated pre-school meal patterns in the School Meals Program. The chart only addresses meals served to children ages 1 year and older as well as adults.

Meal Pattern Comparison – NSLP and CACFP October 2017

EXHIBIT A: Grain Requirement for Child Nutrition Programs

Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs - Procurement Guide
USDA - March 2014

This resource is designed to guide schools in identifying and procuring locally grown and produced food for school nutrition programs. It includes many details vital to a successful, open, fair, and competitive process. The goal of this guide is to illustrate the many opportunities schools have to buy local products.

Procurement 101
Procurement 201
Procurement 301
Procurement 401

Procurement 501

Farm 2 School: Buying Local; 10/14/15

Procurement: Regulations & Strategies; 10/10/16

Civil Rights

Civil Rights Training,
USDA training - September 2018

Modifications to Accommodate Disabilities in School Meals Programs, August 9, 2017

Civil Rights Compliance - How to Meet the Requirements (USDA presentation May 2017)

Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement - Nutrition Programs and Activities (113-1)

The purpose of this Instruction is to establish and convey policy and provide guidance and direction to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and its recipients and customers, and ensure compliance with and enforcement of the prohibition discrimination in all FNS nutrition programs and activities, whether federally funded in whole or not.

NH Department of Health and Human Services Healthy Schools www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/nhp

The first Wednesday of the month, the Bureau of Nutrition Programs and Services will be issuing an advisory for Child Nutrition Program entities.

Fruit and Veggie Quantity Cookbook, Revised Edition

Tasty healthy recipes are one way to bring healthy foods into schools, worksites, child care settings, hospitals, municipalities and your home. All recipes in this cookbook are USDA approved and can be used in the National School Lunch program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program.

Recipes serve 25 - 100 with family-size recipes in the appendix.

What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl!

This new interactive tool is designed to help consumers, school nutrition professionals, child care centers, and community leaders find nutritious and budget-friendly recipes. The website includes household recipes scaled for families as well as quantity recipes for schools and child care centers. More than 400 of the large quantity recipes have been standardized by USDA and include information on how the recipe contributes toward the updated meal pattern requirements for school food service.

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act - Reauthorization Act of 2010

Please review frequently as this will be an important method to share information.

How to Get Food Help Booklet

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has many programs to help people get food. We want you to know what help there is.