Sentences with phrase «federal reimbursement rate»

In anticipation of Congressional reauthorization of the federal child nutrition programs, some have called for increased federal reimbursement rates for school meals to improve their nutritional quality.

Equalizing federal reimbursement rates in the Hudson Valley is as much a political issue as a medical one.

Depending on each district's situation (prevailing labor costs in the area, whether kitchens are available and properly outfitted, etc.) scratch - cooking can in fact be cost - prohibitive under the current federal reimbursement rate.

With low federal reimbursement rates for school meals (42 cents for paid meals, $ 2.81 for reduced - price meals and $ 3.21 for free meals), the added cost of healthy food gets passed on to families that can least afford it.

They're struggling mightily to serve kids decent food under a measly federal reimbursement rate, and there's not a lot of extra cash lying around for organic gardens, staff training and new cooking equipment and food storage facilities at every single school.

Advocates such as Schuchart want to see national standards for nutrition, but they also are pushing for a higher federal reimbursement rate for school districts.

Tables showing the per meal federal reimbursement rates for the Afterschool Meal Program and Summer Food Service Program, as well as projected annual program income based on the number of children served.

In my recent New York Times opinion piece, I discussed the extreme financial pressure placed on school food departments due to low federal reimbursement rates, pressure which can put scratch - cooking out of reach for many districts.

I just learned that late last month, the USDA announced the federal reimbursement rates for the 2010 - 2011 school lunch program (for background on federal reimbursement and how it works, see my School Lunch FAQs).

NSBA says the new nutritional standards will just widen the gap between what schools pay to provide free meals and the federal reimbursement rates.

The federal reimbursement rate is about $ 2.72 per meal.

Those schools that implement the new [nutrition and safety] rules would get an additional 6 cents per meal added to their federal reimbursement rate.

For children coming from low - income households, the federal reimbursement rate for lunch is around $ 3.33.

For the first time in over three decades it would increase the federal reimbursement rate, by approximately six cents a meal.

-LSB-...] It all goes back to a question that's been debated hotly on this blog for a long time (see «Why I Rained on Someone's School Food Reform Parade» and the posts linked to it): can a school district ever «get it right» using just the federal reimbursement rate?

Participating districts reported higher breakfast and lunch participation and were significantly more likely to report that the federal reimbursement rate was sufficient to cover the cost of producing a reimbursable meal.

To ensure students have access to an even greater selection of whole grain products, Congress must increase the federal reimbursement rate for school meals during Child Nutrition Reauthorization this Spring.

In «severe need» schools, the federal reimbursement rate is $ 1.76, compared to the usual $ 1.48.

He said the federal reimbursement rates in Ulster County for things like Medicare payments are lower than they are in Dutchess County, which results in a loss of approximately $ 10 million in funding for Kingston Hospital.

Both candidates support an adjustment in federal reimbursement rates to local hospitals, which currently favor Dutchess County at the expense of Ulster.

For participating schools, the federal reimbursement rates are $ 1.48 for free breakfast, $ 1.18 for reduced - price, and 26 cents for paid.