“You cannot educate a child who is not healthy; and you cannot keep a child healthy who is not educated.”

-Dr. Jocelyn Elders

US Surgeon General1

AGENDA

• National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs

• Summer Food Service Program

• Initiatives

• Equipment Assistance Grant

• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

• Farm to School

• Web-Based Review Tool

• Improving Meal Access

• Community Eligibility Provision

• Training Resources

• Governor’s Proposed-No Student Goes Hungry Program

• Question and Answers

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National School Lunch and

School Breakfast Programs

• 4th largest program in the Nation

• Generates $1 billion in reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

• NY State annually allocates $34 million to subsidize the federal reimbursement

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5,920 NY School Buildings participate in Child Nutrition Programs

Lunch• 1.5 Million Students per Day• 268.7 Million Lunches Annually

Breakfast• 713,000 Students per Day• 128.7 Million Breakfasts Annually

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Summer Food Service

Program

• Largest program in the Nation

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2017

20 million meals 3100 locations

• Ensuring low-income students are ready to learn in the fall;• Providing nutritious meals & snacks; and• Keeping school staff employed

year-round.

Creating Sustainable Program PartnershipsCommunity leaders - Tribal leaders - Libraries – NYS Department of HealthNYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance - WIC OfficesUnited Way of the Capital Region - Big Brothers Big SistersFinger Lakes Health Systems - NYS Rural Housing Coalition NYS PTA - Hunger Action Network of NY – Hunger Solutions NY

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Child Nutrition Initiatives

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Equipment Assistance GrantImproves meal quality, safety, production and service efficiency, & expands participation

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable ProgramProvides access to quality nutritious foods that promote growth, development and readiness to learn

Child Nutrition Initiatives

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Child Nutrition Initiatives

Farm to SchoolSupports healthy eating habits

Increases parent and community support

Lowers program costs

Decreases waste

Supports local economy

Web-Based Review ToolEliminates paper process, more efficient, eases communication between schools and SED

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• Providing means-tested data to determine eligibility for free meals

• Electronic matching of eligibility records, optimizes technology

• Partners

• NYS Department of Health-Medicaid

• NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

• Improves program integrity, transparency

• Providing meals to more needy students

• Streamlines several reporting processes

ImprovingMeal Access

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Community Eligibility Provision

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Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)Breakfast and Lunch provided at no charge to all students

Eligibility based on means-tested data

Focuses on meal quality, not paperwork

Eliminates student shaming, meal charges

Creates Equity

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Of all NY students have access to free meals through CEP

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Training Resources

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TRAINING RESOURCES

▪ Face to Face Trainings

▪ Tutorials

▪ Live Webinars/Webinar Library

▪ PowerPoint Presentations

▪ Master Instructor Training Network

▪ Professional Cooking Course

▪ Managing Your Child Nutrition Program Course

Outcomes▪ Trained school nutrition professionals▪ Nutritionally & financially sound child

nutrition programs▪ Increased availability of services▪ Increased participation

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Governor’s Executive Proposal

No Student Goes Hungry Program

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Governor’s Executive ProposalNo Student Goes Hungry Program

1. Ban lunch shaming Statewide

SED memo issued 5/30/2017 www.cn.nysed.gov/content/student-meal-charge-policy

2. Require breakfast “After the Bell”

3. Expand Farm to School

4. Increase the use of farm-fresh, locally grown foods at school

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Child Nutrition Program

Administration_________________

Questions?

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