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The Why? To be well read, children must first be well fed. To be schooled, they must be fueled. The United States suffers from high rates of childhood food insecurity and lags behind in educational performance, two highly interconnected problems. Food deprivation in the world's wealthiest nation is not only morally unacceptable, but it also severely hampers children's emotional, intellectual, and physical development. Child hunger costs the U.S. economy at least $28 billion per year because poorly nourished kids perform less well in school and require far more long-term health care spending. Solving this problem will cost far less than not solving it.- Joel Berg, CEO Hunger Free America

Child Nutrition Programs Do you know all of the USDA Child Nutrition Programs, and are you utilizing them to their fullest capacity to serve kids in your district? Special Milk Program (SMP) Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) Supper Program

Preschoolers, Let’s Start ‘Em Early

Special Milk Program Overview The SMP provides milk to children in schools, child care institutions and eligible camps that do not participate in other Federal Child Nutrition meal service programs Milk must be served to children 18 years and under, be pasteurized and can be 1% unflavored, white milk Fat-free unflavored, white milk Fat-Free flavored milk Must serve ½ pint or 8 fluid ounce The Special Milk Program, or SMP, started in 1955 with the purpose of providing milk to children in schools, child care institutions, and summer camps that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition programs. Fluid milk, provides an abundant source of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that may have positive health benefits. Milk contributes many essential nutrients such as calcium, vitamin A, potassium, and protein that are needed for the growth and development of our children. Your participation in the SMP, provides your organization with a great opportunity to provide milk to children, at a reduced or no cost to them. The program reimburses sponsors for the milk they serve. The SMP is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) Office of School Nutrition (OSN)

Camps & Enrichment Outside of School Hours

How to Utilize SMP Nonprofit camps Children 18 years old and under High Schools that do not participate in any other federally funded meal program Students attending a split-session or half-day pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program with no access to meal service

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Afterschool Snack Overview The afterschool snack component of the National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted snack service that fills the afternoon hunger gap for students  Sponsor must participate in the National School Lunch Program The afterschool program must provide regularly scheduled educational/enrichment activities and be open to all children

How to Utilize ASP Traditional ASP: Extended Day ASP: Partnering with local organizations to help with after school enrichment activities Centralize service and distribution to ease administrative burden Extended Day ASP: 4 day school week Other sites operating longer than the traditional school day Figure out the hours of operation for site requesting extended day. Figure out the average or comparable hours of operation for surrounding schools (i.e. another middle school in that district). Compare the hours of operation at site requesting extended day to Colorado minimum number of days/hours of operation required. This equals out to be 6 hours for grades 1-5 (968 hours/ 160 days of operation) and 6.5 hours for grades 6-12 (1056 hours/160 days of operation). If number of hours in #1 are greater than or equal to 1 hour longer than number of hours in #2 or #3 you qualify for an extended day ACSP.

Supper, too? Really? Homework help

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Growth of Afterschool Programs  Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation: 2018 Afterschool Nutrition Report by FRAC showing participation data in afterschool nutrition programs over the last 6 years. Opportunities: FRAC has released the Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation: 2018 Afterschool Nutrition Report, showing participation data in afterschool nutrition programs, which play a key role in reducing hunger and supporting quality afterschool enrichment programs Nationally, only one child for every 20 low-income children who participated in school lunch in October 2016 received an afterschool supper. Much more needs to be done to reach the millions of children who rely on school lunch, by helping them make it through the evening with a healthy supper that was funded by the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Many children receive afterschool snacks rather than suppers through the Afterschool Nutrition Programs. In October 2016, on an average school day, schools provided over 1.2 million children afterschool snacks through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and another 350,000 children received snacks through CACFP.

Served 16k meals with addition of Supper (CACFP)= $51,680 $Bottomline$ Served 16k meals with addition of Supper (CACFP)= $51,680 Served 34k After School Snacks (NSLP)= $29,920 Served 55K summer meals, budgeted to serve 140k summer 2017, for a profit of $250K!