Sentences with phrase «other federal meal»

She works with Oregon schools and other programs sponsoring the School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, and other federal meal programs for children.

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I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

If the price charged for paid meals, combined with the federal per - meal subsidy, covered the costs of these meals (or equaled the federal per - meal reimbursement for free meals), more funds could be put toward providing more nutritious meals, providing better compensation and professional support to food service staff, or other improvements that would benefit children.

FNS oversees, among other federal feeding programs: school breakfast and lunch; daycare meals (via the Child and Adult Care Food Program); SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps); and WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children).

The number of students who qualify for a free or discounted meal based on income levels also matters because schools and entire school systems may qualify for grants and other federal funding based on the reported level of need among students.

Yet because 80 % or more of HISD students qualify for free or reduced price meals, I've often wondered if stigma is really an issue in my district; in other words, if most kids qualify for federal assistance, maybe there's less shame in taking advantage of those benefits.

Somehow Los Angeles USD and other districts around the country are serving school meals on the same federal reimbursement as everyone else and not serving beef with pink slime.

This USDA initiative targets «competitive foods,» which are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, typically through vending machines, a la carte lunch lines and in student stores, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

Children in schools, childcare institutions, and eligible camps that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition meal service programs, are provided with milk from the Special Milk program.

Competitive foods are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

Ensure that students have access to healthy foods during the school day — through both school meals and other foods available throughout the school campus — in accordance with federal and New York State nutrition standards.

Moreover, many schools are taking advantage of federal grants and other financing strategies to upgrade kitchen equipment, making it easier to prepare more nutritious and delicious meals.

Just 16 percent of eligible children in Illinois participate in the federal Summer Food Service Program, which provides daily meals at community centers and other organizations, including those served by the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Cook County and Northern Illinois Food Bank in surrounding counties.

When she is describing all of the barriers she faces, keep in mind that she is not trying to be a naysayer; the challenges she faces, including the often ridiculous regulations, the criminally low federal reimbursement for subsidized meals, the high cost of food, labor, utilities, and every other expense, are all very real.

And I also recognize that you don't have to be a political conservative to object to these incidents; they've also been used as fodder for arguing against GMOs (contained in those Ritz crackers) and against the inextricable links between agribusiness and the federal school meals program, among other issues often raised by the political left.

In this post, I tried to sort out some inaccurate news accounts about Trump's 2018 budget proposal and its effects on school meals and other federal child nutrition programs.

What is the city of Houston doing to support school meals, other than relying on the federal subsidy?

While the federal lunch program subsidizes school meals at a rate of $ 2.68 each, schools must shoulder the other costs.

To continue to keep Chinese - processed chicken out of school meals and other federal child nutrition programs, this provision will need to appear in subsequent annual appropriations bills, or it will need to be included in the five - year child nutrition reauthorization bill in 2015.

At the other end of the economic spectrum, there are some schools which, because they have very low numbers of low income students, choose to forego participation in the Federal school meals programs altogether and just run their own meal program under their own rules.

Singh has testified in the federal corruption trial of Edward Mangano and Venditto that he bribed them with meals on the house and other benefits in exchange for help securing county contracts and town - guaranteed loans.

Lowey is set to return to Washington, D.C. tomorrow, where she will join others to fight to preserve federal funding for the «Meals on Wheels» program.

Hein assured them that despite the federal government shutdown, he will make sure the meals on wheels program and others will be protected.

The nonprofit, which serves hot meals to seniors and other homebound clients, would have to find other sources to make up for the loss of about $ 300,000 a year in federal aid, said Mason Kaufman, executive director of Meals on Wheels of Syrameals to seniors and other homebound clients, would have to find other sources to make up for the loss of about $ 300,000 a year in federal aid, said Mason Kaufman, executive director of Meals on Wheels of SyraMeals on Wheels of Syracuse.

Winners shall be solely responsible for all taxes and fees or costs associated with any prize, including but not limited to any federal or state or other income tax, ground transportation (except as expressly stated above), meals (except as expressly stated above), gratuities, personal expenses and any other expenses not expressly specified herein.

Dr. Johnson pointed out that while dietary recommendations are generally developed with community - dwelling, healthy individuals in mind, many federal and state regulations mandate that these and other diet - related guidelines be used for meal planning for congregate and home delivered meals and for meals at long - term care and assisted living facilities and geriatric hospitals.

The ability of schools to offer meals other than lunch has been limited by high food costs, shrinking school budgets, and reduced federal reimbursements and funding to maintain school kitchens.

LAC attendees will also hear from U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Steve Censky and other USDA officials on federal regulations for school meals.

Per Diem Deductions When it comes to lodging, meals and other incidental expenses, the IRS allows every pet retailer to claim a federal «per diem allowance,» which is determined by the location of the trip and / or conference.

Remember, though, in order to count such a lunch as a business expense for federal tax purposes, the main purpose of the lunch must be business; you must discuss business before, during, or after the meal; and you must have a reasonable expectation of generating income or some other business benefit.