How is SNACK Provided The Afterschool Snack Program

How is SNACK Provided? The Afterschool Snack Program is a federally assisted snack program operating in public is administered at the Federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service. At the State level, the program is usually administered by State education agencies, which operate the program

Why Are District SNACKS Served? A. To make sure after school leaders have something to do each day- making sure students are taking both components and marking on a tally sheet. B. To ensure students in schools with at least 50% free/reduced lunch status have access to a nutritious snack. C. To address food insecurity issues. D. To ensure that the District receives the $. 78 reimbursement for each snack. E. To be Grant compliant.

Why Are SNACK Served? FOOD SECURITY is defined as access by all people at all times to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life. FOOD INSECURITY exists whenever the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or the ability to acquire foods in socially acceptable ways is limited or uncertainty. It has a wide range of manifestations, including worrying that food will run out, buying cheaper and nutritionally inadequate food, rationing meals, or skipping meals completely.

SF Dilemma The federal poverty level (FPL) does not accurately reflect need in San Francisco because it does not account for the high cost of living in California. The City must move beyond the FPL and create a more accurate measurement in order to effectively address residents’ food insecurity and hunger

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