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School Nutrition Programs | Manuals | Forms | Resources | Nutrition Education
The links below provide information on federal and state requirements and guidance for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) school nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program (SBP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP, Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), and Special Milk Program (SMP).
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- Accepting Product Documentation (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Accommodating Special Diets: Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Acronyms and Abbreviations for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Action Guide for School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies (CSDE)
- Added Sugars (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs)
- Administrative Review for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Adult Meals: Nonprogram Foods (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) (CSDE webpage)
- Allergies: Food Allergies (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Allowable Expenditures (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Alternate Protein Products (APPs) (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Applications for Child Nutrition Programs: CNP System
- Area Eligibility for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- At-risk Afterschool Meals (CSDE's CACFP At-risk Afterschool Care Centers webpage)
- Authorized Signature Change Form and Instructions (CSDE)
B
- Beans, Peas, and Lentils
- Crediting Beans, Peas, and Lentils in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- "Beans, Peas, and Lentils" in CSDE's Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs
- Vegetable Subgroups in the NSLP (CSDE)
- Beverage Requirements (CSDE webpage)
- Breakfast
- School Breakfast Program (CSDE webpage)
- Breakfast Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Preschool Breakfast Meal Pattern (CSDE)
- Business Managers: Key Information for Connecticut School Business Officials About School Nutrition Programs
- Buy American Requirement (CSDE's Procurement for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Calendars
- Cafeterias
- Calories in School Meals ("Dietary Specifications" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Capital Expenditure Requests and Equipment Approvals (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Carryover of Eligibility for Meals or Milk (CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Celebrations and Classroom Parties
- Healthy Celebrations (CSDE)
- "Celebrations" in CSDE's Resource List for Wellness Policies in Schools and Child Care
- Celiac Disease and Intolerance (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Certification of Meal Pattern Compliance for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Charging Meals: Unpaid Meal Charges (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CSDE webpage)
- Child Nutrition (CN) Labels (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Child Nutrition Sharing Site (Institute of Child Nutrition webpage)
- Choking Prevention (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Claims
- Claims for Child Nutrition Programs: CNP System
- Claims Preparers: Key Information for Connecticut Claims Preparers for School Nutrition Programs
- Claim Submission Schedule for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Classroom Meals
- CNP System: Connecticut Online Application and Claiming System for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Co-mingled Meals and Afterschool Snacks (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) (CSDE webpage)
- Comparison Charts
- Comparison of the Connecticut Nutrition Standards and the USDA's Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards (CSDE)
- Comparison of Meal Pattern Requirements for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- Comparison of Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) Meal Pattern Requirements for Preschool and Grades K-12 (CSDE)
- Comparison of Lunch and Breakfast Meal Pattern Requirements for Preschool and Grades K-12 in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Comparison of Meal Pattern Requirements for the Grains Component in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Comparison of the Grains Component Requirements in the Meal Patterns for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Comparison of the Milk Component Requirements in the Meal Patterns for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Competitive Foods in Schools
- Competitive Foods in Schools (CSDE webpage)
- Connecticut Competitive Foods Regulations (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
- Connecticut General Statutes for School Foods and Beverages (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
- Connecticut Grown for Connecticut Kids Week: Farm to School (CSDE webpage)
- Connecticut Nutrition Standards (CSDE webpage)
- Contact Information
- Contact Information for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Child Nutrition Staff and Responsibilities (CSDE)
- Connecticut Education Directory: Public educational organizations in Connecticut
- Connecticut NSLP and SBP Sponsors (CSDE)
- Connecticut State Department of Education Staff Directory (CSDE)
- County Assignments for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Contract with Food Service Management Company: Food Service Management Company (CSDE webpage)
- Crediting Foods
- Crediting Commercial Processed Products (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Crediting Foods Made from Scratch (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Crediting Summary Charts
- Culinary Programs
- Current School Year Operational Updates for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Cycle Menus (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Determining Eligibility in the School Nutrition Programs and Summer Food Service Program Training Program (CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Diabetes (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Dietary Guidance
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans (USDA webpage)
- Resource List for Dietary Guidance and Nutrition Information (CSDE)
- Dietary Specifications: Nutrition standards for grades K-12 (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Program webpage)
- Direct Certification for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Disaster Preparedness and Response
- USDA Memo SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, and SFSP 18-2014: Disaster Response
- "Disaster Preparedness and Response" in CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
- Disclosure Requirements
- USDA Memo SP 16-2016, CACFP 06-2016, and SFSP 10-2016: Disclosure Requirements for the Child Nutrition Programs
- Disclosure Release Request for Free or Reduced Eligibility Status of Students in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Donating Foods: USDA Memo SP 11-2012, CACFP 05-2012, and SFSP 07-2012: Guidance on the Food Donation Program in Child Nutrition Programs
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- Edit Check Forms (CSDE's Meal Counting and Claiming for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Milk in School Nutrition Programs
- Determining Eligibility in the School Nutrition Programs and Summer Food Service Program Training Program (CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Milk in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Eligibility Manual for School Meals (USDA)
- Equipment Purchases (CSDE's Procurement for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Evaluating Foods for Compliance with the Connecticut Nutrition Standards (CSDE)
- Exemption Requests: Waivers
- Exemptions for Foods and Beverages in Public Schools (CSDE)
- Exhibit A: Grain Requirements for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- Expenditures ("Allowable Expenditures" section of CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Family Style Meal Service for Preschoolers (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Farm to School (CSDE) and Put Local on Your Tray (UCONN Extension)
- Federal and State Funding for School Meals (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Field Trips
- Final Rules for School Nutrition Programs (USDA) (CSDE's Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Federal Register Documents for School Meals (National Archives)
- FNS Instructions for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Food Allergies (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Food and Beverage List: List of Acceptable Foods and Beverages (CSDE webpage)
- Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) (USDA National Agricultural Library)
- Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA webpage)
- Food Distribution Program (USDA Foods) (CSDE webpage)
- Food Labels (CSDE's Nutrition Education webpage)
- Food Production: CSDE's Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs
- Food Recalls (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Food Rewards
- Nonfood Rewards: Promoting Healthy School Environments (UConn Rudd Center)
- More resources for alternatives to food rewards: CSDE's Resource List for Wellness Policies in Schools and Child Care
- Food Safety
- Food Service Management Company (CSDE webpage)
- Food Themes: National Food Days and Seasonal Food Promotions (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Forms for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Foods Made from Scratch (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Free and Reduced-price Meals: Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Funding for School Meals: Federal and State Funding (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) (CSDE webpage)
- Fruits Component (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Fundraising with Foods and Beverages
- Healthy Fundraising (CSDE)
- Fundraisers in HFC Public Schools (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
- Fundraisers in Non-HFC Public Schools (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
- Fundraisers in Private Schools and RCCIs (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
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- Gardens: School Gardens (CSDE's Farm to School webpage)
- Geographic Preference (CSDE's Procurement for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Gluten Intolerance (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Grain-based Desserts: Crediting Grain-based Desserts in the Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Grain Ounce Equivalents: Serving Requirements (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Grains Component (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Grant Payments/Procedures: Search and review grant payments, e.g., Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Guides: Manuals and Guides for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
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- Handwashing (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Health and Achievement: CSDE's Resource List for Health and Achievement
- Healthy Food Certification (CSDE webpage)
- Hiring Standards: Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals
- Homeless Liaison Catalog (CSDE's Homeless Education webpage)
- HUSKY Health for Connecticut Children & Adults (Connecticut Department of Social Services webpage)
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- Income Guidelines for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Indirect Cost Guidance (USDA webpage)
- Indirect Costs (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Interschool Agreements (CSDE's Forms for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Juice
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- Laws for Competitive Foods: Competitive Foods in Schools (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
- Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Legumes (refer to "Beans, Peas, and Lentils")
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP) (CSDE's Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- List of Acceptable Foods and Beverages (CSDE webpage)
- Local Food for Schools Incentive Program (LFSIP) (CSDE's Farm to School webpage)
- Lunch
- Lunch Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- National School Lunch Program (CSDE webpage)
- Preschool Lunch Meal Pattern (CSDE)
- Lunch Periods: Required Time
- CSDE Circular Letter C-9: Federal and State Requirements for Provision and Timeframe of Daily Lunch Period for Students
- CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 03-22: Updated Requirements for Lunch Periods in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
- CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 02-23: Mealtime Requirements for Regular and Half Days.
- "Meal Schedules and Time to Eat" in CSDE's Resource List for Wellness Policies in Schools and Child Care
- Time for Lunch (CDC webpage)
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- Manuals and Guides for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Meal Counting and Claiming for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Meal Modifications: Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Meal Patterns
- Meal Pattern Training for School Nutrition Programs (Grades K-12) (CSDE webpage)
- Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Meal Patterns for the Afterschool Snack Program (CSDE ASP webpage)
- Upcoming Meal Pattern Changes: Final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Meal Schedules
- "Meal Schedules and Time to Eat" in CSDE's Resource List for Wellness Policies in Schools and Child Care
- Meal Schedules for Preschoolers (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Section 2 — Meal Schedules in CSDE's Guide to Meal Service Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12
- Meal Service
- Guide to Meal Service Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 (CSDE)
- Meal Service for Preschoolers (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Offer versus Serve for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Meats/Meat Alternates Component (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Medical Statements for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Menu Planning
- Guide to Meeting the Preschool Meal Patterns and Crediting Requirements for the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Menu Planning Guidance for School Meals for Grades K-12 (CSDE webpage)
- Menu Planning Worksheets for USDA Meal Pattern Compliance (CSDE's Certification of Meal Pattern Compliance for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Overview of Menu Planning for Grades K-12 in the NSLP (CSDE)
- Overview of Menu Planning for Grades K-12 in the SBP (CSDE)
- Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Milk Component
- Milk Component (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Milk Substitutes: Non-disability reasons (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Monitoring Forms (CSDE's Meal Counting and Claiming for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- MyPlate (USDA)
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- National School Lunch Program (NSLP) (CSDE webpage)
- Net Cash Resources: Three-Month Operating Balance (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Newsletters for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA webpage)
- Noncreditable Foods
- Nondiscrimination Statements: USDA and CSDE (CSDE webpage)
- Nonprofit School Food Service Account (NSFSA) (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Nonprogram Foods (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- NSLP Sponsors (CSDE's Contact Information for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Nutrient Analysis
- Evaluating Foods for Compliance with the Connecticut Nutrition Standards (CSDE)
- Nutrient Analysis of Competitive Foods (CSDE's Connecticut Nutrition Standards webpage)
- Nutrient Analysis of Menus (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- More resources: "Nutrient Analysis" in CSDE's Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs
- Nutrition Education and Information
- Nutrition Education (CSDE webpage)
- Nutrition Information: CSDE's Resource List for Dietary Guidelines and Nutrition Information
- Nutrition Information for Menu Documentation (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Resource List for Nutrition Education (CSDE)
- Resources for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Nutrition Standards for Competitive Foods
- Comparison Chart of USDA Smart Snacks and Connecticut Nutrition Standards (CSDE)
- Connecticut Nutrition Standards (CSDE webpage)
- Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards (CSDE webpage)
- Nutrition Standards for School Meals
- Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks (USDA webpage)
- Nutrition Standards for School Meals (USDA webpage)
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- Obesity Data and Prevention Strategies: CSDE's Resource List for Obesity Data and Prevention
- Off-site Meal Consumption: Field Trips
- Online Agreements and Claiming: CNP System
- Offer versus Serve for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Operational Memoranda for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Ounce Equivalents for Grains: Serving Requirements (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Paid Lunch Equity (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Paid Lunch Price Report: USDA Memo SP 12-2017: New Reporting Procedures for FNS-828 Paid Lunch Price Report for SY 2016-17
- Payments for Child Nutrition Programs: Grant Payments/Procedures
- Physical Activity and Physical Education
- Policy Memos for School Meals: NSLP, SBP and SMP (USDA FNS Documents & Resources webpage)
- Policies for School Wellness: School Wellness Policies (CSDE webpage)
- Policy for Meal Modifications (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Portion Control (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Portion Guides for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: Start with Half a Cup Portion Guides for Fruits and Vegetables ("Portion Control" section of CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Preschool Meal Patterns
- Co-mingled Meals and Afterschool Snacks ("Meal Service" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Preschool Meal Pattern Training for the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Procedural Safeguards: Requirements for Procedural Safeguards for Meal Modifications in School Nutrition Programs
- Procurement for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Product Formulation Statements (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Production Records for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals (CSDE webpage)
- Public Media Release (CSDE's Forms for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Put Local on Your Tray (UCONN Extension)
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- Qualifications for Child Nutrition Programs staff: Staff Qualifications (CSDE's Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals webpage)
- Questions and Answers
- Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As: USDA Memo SP 09-2024
- Flexibility for Co-Mingled Preschool Meals: Questions and Answers: USDA Memo SP 37-2017
- Meal Service Requirements in the Summer Meal Programs with Questions and Answers - Revised: USDA Memo SP 10-2017 and SFSP 06-2017
- Meal Requirements Under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Questions and Answers for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Effective July 1, 2022: USDA Memo SP 05-2022
- New Questions and Answers Related to the Certification of Compliance with NSLP Meal Requirements: USDA Memo SP 26-2014
- Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas Questions and Answers: USDA Memo SFSP07-2024 and SP 13-2024
- Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas: Questions and Answers #2: USDA Memo SFSP 08-2024 and SP 15-2024
- Question and Answer Guidance on the Final Rule Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Effective July 1, 2022: USDA Memo SP 04-2022 and CACFP 04-2022
- Questions and Answers on Connecticut Statutes for School Foods and Beverages (CSDE)
- Questions and Answers on Smart Snacks (CSDE)
- Questions and Answers on the School Breakfast Program (SBP) Meal Requirements for School Year 2014-15 (USDA)
- Questions & Answers Regarding Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Program Personnel: USDA Memo SP 05-2020)
- Unpaid Meal Charges: Guidance and Q&A: USDA Memo SP 23-2017
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- Recess before Lunch: CSDE's Resource List for Physical Education and Physical Activity in Schools and Child Care
- Recipes
- Recipes for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Standardized Recipes (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Records Retention Requirements for the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs
- Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Regulations for the SBP: 7 CFR 220 (USDA webpage)
- Regulations for the NSLP: 7 CFR 210 (USDA webpage)
- Reimbursement Rates for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Religion: Meal modifications for religious reasons
- Section 3 of the CSDE's Guide to Meal Modifications in School Nutrition Programs
- Requirements for Competitive Foods: Competitive Foods in Schools (CSDE webpage)
- Requirements for School Meals
- Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Preschool Meal Patterns (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Resource Lists
- Resources for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Resources for Meeting the Federal and State Requirements for Competitive Foods in Schools (CSDE)
- Resources for the Preschool Meal Patterns (CSDE)
- Resources for the School Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 (CSDE)
- Resources for the SFSP Meal Patterns (CSDE)
- Revenue from Nonprogram Foods:Nonprogram Foods (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Salad Bars (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Saturated Fat in School Meals ("Dietary Specifications" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- School Breakfast Program (SBP) (CSDE webpage)
- School Gardens (CSDE Farm to School webpage)
- School Lunch Tray and Table Talk (CSDE webpage)
- School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- School Stores
- School Wellness Policies (CSDE webpage)
- Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP (CSDE webpage)
- Seasonal and Local Foods (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Share Tables
- CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 06-16: The Use of Share Tables in Connecticut Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs)
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Food Donations and Sharing Tables in School Meals Programs (Iowa State University)
- Signage and Posters
- Signage Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program (CSDE)
- Signage for OVS (CSDE's Offer versus Serve for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- More resources: "Signage and Posters" in CSDE's Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs
- Six Cents Certification for Meal Pattern Compliance (CSDE's Certification of Meal Pattern Compliance for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards (CSDE webpage)
- Smoothies
- Crediting Smoothies for Grades K-12 (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Crediting Smoothies for Preschoolers (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Snack: Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) (CSDE webpage)
- SNAP/TFA Case Number Guidance: Procedures for Processing Free and Reduced-price Applications with a SNAP or TFA Case Number (CSDE)
- Sodium in School Meals ("Dietary Specifications" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Special Milk Program (CSDE webpage)
- Sponsor directories: CSDE's Contact Information for School Nutrition Programs webpage
- STAR Funds: State Transition Assistance for Reduced-price (STAR) Funds (CSDE's Current School Year Operational Updates for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Standard Operating Procedures (Institute of Child Nutrition)
- Standardized Recipes (CSDE's Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Start with Half a Cup Portion Guides for Fruits and Vegetables ("Portion Control" section of CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- State Board of Education Position Statements (CSDE)
- State Laws: CSDE's Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs webpage
- State Statute for Nutritious Low-fat Foods (C.G.S. Section 10-221p) (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
- Sugars Limit
- Sugars Limits for the NSLP and SBP Meal Patterns (refer to "Added Sugars")
- Sugars Limits for Preschool Menus (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) (CSDE webpage)
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- Taste-Testing Event Resources (USDA webpage)
- Team Nutrition (USDA webpage)
- Temperatures for Food Safety (CSDE's Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Thermometers (CSDE's Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Time for Lunch: Lunch Periods (Required Time)
- Training for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Transfer of Eligibility for Meals or Milk (CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Unpaid Meal Charges (CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- USDA Foods (CSDE's Food Distribution Program webpage)
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service (USDA webpage)
- USDA Meal Pattern Compliance Worksheets (CSDE's Certification of Meal Pattern Compliance for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- USDA Policy Memos for School Meals (USDA FNS Documents & Resources webpage)
- USDA Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
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- Vegetable Subgroups in the NSLP (CSDE)
- Vegetables at Breakfast (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Vegetables Component (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Vegetarian Meals: CSDE's Resource List for Special Diets in Child Nutrition Programs
- Vending Machines
- CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 1-18: Accrual of Income from Sales of Competitive Foods in Schools
- Placement of Vending Machines in Schools: ADS-BESB Right of First Refusal (CSDE's Competitive Foods in Schools webpage)
- Requirements for Vending Machines in HFC Public Schools (CSDE)
- Requirements for Vending Machines in Non-HFC Public Schools (CSDE)
- Requirements for Vending Machines in Private Schools and RCCIs (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 24-2016: FDA Requirements for Vending Machines
- USDA Memo SP 13-2008: Use of Vending Machines in the School Meal Programs
- Vendors (CSDE's Food Service Management Company webpage)
- Verification Procedures for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
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- Waivers
- CSDE Waiver Requests to USDA (CSDE Current School Year Operational Updates for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Lunch Period Waiver: CSDE Circular Letter C-9: Federal and State Requirements for Provision and Timeframe of Daily Lunch Period for Students
- Meal Pattern Exemption for RCCIs with Multiple Age Groups
- Weekend or Vacation Waiver: FNS 786-7 Rev. 2: Reimbursement for Meals and Milk Served on Weekends
- Water Availability for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Webinars for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Training for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Weights and Measures (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Wellness Policies (CSDE's School Wellness Policies webpage)
- What's in a Meal: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 (CSDE's Meal Pattern Training for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Whole Grain-rich Requirement (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (CSDE webpage)
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- Yield Study Data Form for the Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Yogurt
- Crediting Yogurt for Grades K-12 (CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Crediting Yogurt for Preschool (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage)