Module 5

In the NSLP Program Fact Sheet, it was stated that families with incomes at or below 130% of the poverty level are eligible for free meals; whereas, families with income between 130-185% of the poverty level are eligible for reduced-price meals. For the period of 7/1/13 - 6/30/14, respectively the 130% and 185% of the poverty level for a family of four was.... - $23,725; $33,763 - $30,615; $43,568 - $38,038; $54,131 - $45,773; $65,139

$30,615; $43,568

Benefits of using USDA Foods:

- Choice and Convenience - Healthy Basics - Wholesome Offerings - Improved Nutritional Quality - Stretch Lunch Budgets

Benefits of using USDA Foods - Choice and convenience

- More than 180 nutritious food items are available - fresh, frozen, packaged, canned, dried, and bulk - Convenient products to meet menu planning needs, student taste preferences, school nutrition goals, and local wellness initiatives - Many foods available for further processing

Benefits of using USDA Foods - Wholesome Offerings - more Fruits and Vegetables

- fresh produce - dried fruits and nuts - canned fruits and veggies - frozen fruits and veggies

Benefits of using USDA Foods - Wholesome Offerings - more whole grains

- whole-grain pancakes, tortillas, pasta, oats, brown rice, quick-cook brown rice, dry kernel corn for further processing

USDA Foods provide approximately _______ of the food offered in each school lunch

15%

Benefits of using USDA Foods - Stretch lunch budges

2011 survey found majority of CNPs surveyed agree USDA Foods help stretch tight budgets and offers one way to stretch limited meal budgets for the 94% of schools participating in the NSLP

The National School Lunch Program serves over

32 million children each day

Which of the following programs provides meals and snacks to both children in child-care and adults in adult-day-care settings? - CSFP - TEFAP - CACFP - FFVP

CACFP

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

FDPIR is a Federal program that provides commodity foods to low-income households, including the elderly, living on Indian reservations, and to Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations.

The term "USDA Foods" refers to: - All food produced within the United States - Food purchases by the USDA to be funneled into over 27 food assistance programs - Foods purchased to be used in the National School Lunch Program - Foods that meet the 2015 Dietary Guidelines

Food purchases by the USDA to be funneled into over 27 food assistance programs

All USDA food assistance programs are regulated at the federal level with administration by the states. True / False???

True

In addition to cash reimbursements, schools received "entitlement" USDA Foods at no cost in amounts at a per-meal-served rate (set annually). True / False ???

True

The National School Lunch Program provides participating schools with... - cash subsidies - USDA foods - both cash subsidies and USDA foods

both cash subsidies and USDA foods

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program plays a vital role in improving the quality of day care and making it more affordable for many low-income families. - Each day, 2.6 million children receive nutritious meals and snacks through CACFP. - The program also provides meals and snacks to 74,000 adults who receive care in nonresidential adult day care centers. - CACFP reaches even further to provide meals to children residing in homeless shelters, and snacks and suppers to youths participating in eligible afterschool care programs.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

Under TEFAP, commodity foods are made available by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to States. States provide the food to local agencies that they have selected, usually food banks, which in turn, distribute the food to soup kitchens and food pantries that directly serve the public

Understanding realities of USDA Foods helps promote school lunch. Fiction / Fact - The NSLP benefits only low-income students

Fact: All students benefit by participating in the NSLP

Understanding realities of USDA Foods helps promote school lunch. Fiction / Fact - Choices of USDA Foods are limited

Fact: Foods offer a wide variety of nutritious and tasty foods that inspire healthy, innovative recipes and meal planning

Understanding realities of USDA Foods helps promote school lunch. Fiction / Fact - USDA Foods are low-quality, unhealthy, and don't meet food industry standards

Fact: USDA Foods are healthy and safe and in some cases surpass industry standards

Schools participating in the National School Lunch Program receive cash reimbursement from the USDA for lunches served as a "free lunch" or "reduced-price lunch" to students of families with financial need. They do not receive any reimbursement for lunches served at full-price True / False ??

False

Special Milk Program (SMP)

Participating schools and institutions receive reimbursement from the USDA for each half pint of milk served. - They must operate their milk programs on a non-profit basis. - They agree to use the Federal reimbursement to reduce the selling price of milk to all children.

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

SFSP is the single largest Federal resource available for local sponsors who want to combine a feeding program with a summer activity program. Children in your community do not need to go hungry this summer. - During the school year, nutritious meals are available through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. But those programs end when school ends for the summer. The Summer Food Service Program helps fill the hunger gap.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP)

SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) puts healthy food within reach for 28 million people each month via an EBT card used to purchase food at most grocery stores. Through nutrition education partners, SNAP helps clients learn to make healthy eating and active lifestyle choices.

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

School districts and independent schools that choose to take part in the lunch program get cash subsidies and donated commodities from the USDA for each meal they serve. In return, they must serve lunches that meet Federal requirements, and they must offer free or reduced price lunches to eligible children. - School food authorities can also be reimbursed for snacks served to children through age 18 in afterschool educational or enrichment programs.

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP)

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program provides free fresh fruits and vegetables in selected low-income elementary schools nationwide. - The purpose of the Program is to increase children's fresh fruit and vegetable consumption and at the same time combat childhood obesity by improving children's overall diet and create healthier eating habits to impact their present and future health.

Which type of school cannot participate in the National School Lunch Program? - Public - Non-profit private - for-profit private - residential child-care institutions

for-profit private

The current lunch standards (Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010) are based on the Dietary Guidelines and set specific calorie limits for grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The sodium content of meals is to be reduced ______ - by 50% within the next year - gradually with specific targets set for SY 2017-2018 and SY 2022-2023 - below 2300 mg by SY 2016-2017 - by 25% within the next year

gradually with specific targets set for SY 2017-2018 and SY 2022-2023

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

CSFP works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and elderly people at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods. It provides food and administrative funds to States to supplement the diets of these groups.

School Breakfast Program (SBP)

The School Breakfast Program operates in the same manner as the National School Lunch Program. - School districts and independent schools that choose to take part in the breakfast program receive cash subsidies from the USDA for each meal they serve. - In return, they must serve breakfasts that meet Federal requirements, and they must offer free or reduced price breakfasts to eligible children.

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)

The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program awards grants to States, United States territories, and federally-recognized Indian tribal governments to provide low-income seniors with coupons that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs.

WIC

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - better known as the WIC Program - serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, & children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.

WIC - Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)

The WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) provides fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables from local farmers' markets to Women, Infants and Children (WIC) recipients

Benefits of using USDA Foods - Healthy Basics

USDA's 100% American Grown foods: - help schools meet meal pattern requirements - Support the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

USDA Foods program supports Federal nutrition assistance programs, including:

the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)