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Nutrition Programs Manual

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Chapter 1 - Organization & Administration

Chapter 1 - Organization & Administration

Chapter 2 - Contacts

Chapter 2 - An overview of Program Contacts

Chapter 4 - Acronyms & Abbreviations

Chapter 4 - Meanings

Chapter 5 - Program Agreement

Chapter  5 - Contract explanation for participation

Chapter 6 - Civil Rights

Chapter 6 - USDA's requirements for equal treatment

Chapter 7 - Eligibility, Verification, Confidentiality, Disclosure, and Verification

Chapter 7 - Check list to confirm authorization

Chapter 10 - Meal Service

Chapter 10 - Service operations for meals

Chapter 11 - Counting and Claiming

Chapter 11 - Counting and Claiming 

Chapter 12 - Meal Pricing and Use of Child Nutrition Program (CNP) Funds

Chapter 12 - How to use Child Nutrition Funds along with meal pricings.

Chapter 13 - Procurement - Ethics

Chapter 13 - Purchasing it correctly

Chapter 3 - History

Chapter 3 - History of the Child Nutrition Program 

Chapter 14 - Food Service Management Companies (FSMC)

Chapter 14 - Contracting food service meals

Chapter 15 - USDA Foods

Chapter 15 - Food items issued by USDA 

Chapter 19 - Breakfast

Chapter 19 - Preparing and Serving School Breakfast

Chapter 20 - Afterschool Snack Program (ASP)

Chapter 20 - Providing snacks in schools programs after school

Chapter 21 - Summer Programs

Chapter 21 - Feeding during the summer months using SSO or SFSP

Chapter 23 - Safety and Sanitation

Chapter 23 - Keeping it safe and sanitized while at school

Chapter 24 - Administrative Reviews (AR)

Chapter 24 - School Food Service Report Card

Chapter 25 - Wellness and Smart Snacks

Chapter 25 - Compliant Snacks and physical activity

Chapter 26 - Farm to School

Chapter 26 - Growing your own foods