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Best Practices for Serving Students with Special Food and/or Nutrition Needs in School Nutrition Programs
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Castillo, Alexandra; Carr, Deborah; Nettles, Mary Frances – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2010
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this research project was to identify goals and establish best practices for school nutrition (SN) programs that serve students with special food and/or nutrition needs based on the four practice categories identified in previous National Food Service Management Institute, Applied Research Division (NFSMI, ARD)…
Descriptors: Child Health, Food Service, School Nurses, Nutrition
School Meal Programs: Experiences of the States and Districts That Eliminated Reduced-Price Fees. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-09-584
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Brown, Kay – US Government Accountability Office, 2009
In fiscal year 2008, about 31 million children participated in the National School Lunch Program and more than 10 million children participated in the School Breakfast Program each school day. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) spent $11.7 billion on the school meal programs in that year. The majority of…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Research Reports, Accountability
Child Nutrition Programs: Interaction between SEAs/LEAs.
Winawer, H. H. – School Business Affairs, 1983
Outlines the objectives and responsibilities of state and local education agencies and urges their cooperation so that children will receive adequate nutritional benefits and develop into productive citizens. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Breakfast Programs, Food Service