USDA Child Nutrition Update

1. USDA Child Nutrition Update Stan Garnett Child Nutrition Division Director Food and Nutrition Service, USDA March 5, 2007 Legislative Action Conference Washington DC

2. FY 2006 Program Statistics Children served/day • NSLP -- +30m • SBP -- +9.0m • NSLP afterschool snacks -- +1.1m Federal cost: $12.7b Schools • NSLP – +101k • SBP -- +84k • NSLP afterschool snacks – + 25k sites

3. CN Program TrendsFY 2006 over FY 2005 Participation • NSLP -- + 10% • NSLP afterschool snacks -- +147% • SBP -- +29%

4. CN and WIC ReauthorizationP.L. 108-2652004 – 2009 |-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| June 30, 2004 Sept. 30, 2009 February 2007

5. Published Rules 2004 CN & WIC Reauthorization • 20 rules will result from Reauthorization • 8 Rules Published in 2004 and 2005 • 4 Rules Published in 2006 NSLP Rules published in 2006 • Substitution of Non-Diary Beverages • Minimum SAE Grants

6. Rules in Development • NSLP/SBP Meal Patterns • Provision 2 & 3 District-wide • Seamless Summer • Administrative Error Reduction

7. Rules in Clearance • Hazard Analysis and Critical ControlPoint (HACCP) • Direct Certification • Verification • Applications • Procurement • Confidentiality

8. 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Impact on CN Programs • FNS assembled an internal working group to develop recommendations to revise CN Programs’ nutrition standards to reflect the relevant 2005 Dietary Guidelines. • Upcoming Publications: • Proposed Rule regarding implementation of 2005 DGA in NSLP and SBP - 2007 • Proposed Rule regarding implementation of 2005 DGA in CACFP - 2008

9. Materials Being Updated • Menu Planning Guide for Schools • Team Up at Home • Go, Glow, Grow: Foods for You • The Power of Choice • Nibbles for Health

10. New Materials Being Developed • Grow It, Try It, Like It! • Empowering Youth with Nutrition and Physical Activity • Nutrition Essentials • Spanish Childcare Materials

11. HealthierUS School Challenge • Improve the quality of foods served • Provide students with nutrition education • Provide opportunities for physical activity

12. HealthierUS School Challenge • Silver Team Nutrition School • Gold Team Nutrition School

13. 107 awards 14 Silver 93 Gold Colorado Georgia Idaho Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi HealthierUS School Challenge • Montana • Ohio • Oklahoma • Pennsylvania • Tennessee • Wyoming • Texas

14. Local Wellness The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 required School Districts that participate in child nutrition programs to establish local wellness policies by the beginning of School Year 2006-2007.

15. Local Wellness Policies teamnutrition.usda.gov/Healthy/wellnesspolicy.html • Information • Resources • Examples • FAQs and more

16. Local Wellness Policies • E-mail teamnutrition@fns.usda.gov • Send success stories • Send your LWP questions

17. Demonstration Project Grants • Purpose • Assess Local Wellness Policy initiatives (individual schools/districts) • Document processes • Assess needs for training and technical assistance at State level • Funding period: Sept 2006 - Sept 2009 • 3 State Agencies received awards

18. Grants • Administrative Reviews and Training (ART) Grants • Direct Certification and Direct Verification Grants • Team Nutrition Training Grants

19. Simplified Summer (Lugar) • Variation of the SFSP. • Sponsors get maximum reimbursement (“meals times rates”). • May combine operating and administrative reimbursements for Program costs. • Grew out of the Lugar Pilot in 14 States during FY 2001–04. • 27 States participate.

20. School Meals Initiative (SMI) TRAINING • Spring 2006, three 2-day training sessions • Approximately 200 State and FNS personnel, contractors, software vendors • Presentations and resources • State agencies and Regional offices • Materials on PartnerWeb

21. SMI Field Training • FNS will continue visiting States • accompany State and Regional staff • assist in 2006-2009 reviews • 8 States visited since January 2007 • 3 visits planned for March 2007

22. Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program • Became a permanent program in 8 states and 3 Indian Tribal Organizations • June 30, 2004 • Reauthorization Act provided mandatory $9,000,000 annually beginning FY2005

23. Additional FFVP States • In 2006, Congress appropriated $6,000,000 for 6 additional states • Funding expires June 30, 2007

24. FFVP Resources • Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Handbook for States • Partner Web • Regular Conference Calls

25. Food Safety Reports • Food safety reports for SY05 and SY06 were due November 15, 2006. • Most SAs submitted reports.

26. Application Translations • Section 9 (b) (8) of the NSLA addresses “Communications” • 25 different languages • Memo issued June 22, 2006 • Available on the FNS website at: www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/FRP/frp.process.htm

27. Translations Available Arabic Cambodian Mandarin Farsi French Greek Haitian Hindi Hmong Japanese Korean Kurdish Laotian Polish Portuguese Russian Samoan Serbo-Croatian Somali Spanish Sudanese Tagalog Thai Urdu Vietnamese

28. Vending machines • Machines are an extension of school food service area. • Subject to all CN Program regulations: • Same procedures • Same menu planning requirements • Same competitive food rules • Same offer versus serve requirements • Memo issued January 22, 2007

29. Thank You