Afterschool Programs …and SNACKS

Criteria to Participate in anAfter School Snack Program

• LEA must participate in the NSLP; and• The LEA must sponsor or operate a program

which:– contains an educational/enrichment activity

offered after the regular school day.– provides children with regularly scheduled

activities in an organized, structuredand supervised environment.

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It is the LEA that must assume/maintain

responsibility for meeting Program requirements.

Programs not qualifying for an After School Snack Program

• Organized athletic programs engaged in interscholastic or community level competition may not be approved:– Youth sport leagues, such as baseball leagues,

soccer leagues, football leagues, and area swim teams would not qualify.

• However, a supervised athletic activity mayparticipate provided that they are open to all anddo not limit membership.

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• Head Start Programs• ECEAP• Kindergarten Classes

These programs would not be considered to be “after” the regular school day.

Approved Service Locations

• Snack sites do not necessarily have to be located at a school

• Boys and Girls Club• Churches• YMCA/YWCA• Community Learning Center

Health & Safety Requirements

• LEAs should check with the local healthdepartment to see if there are any food safetyrequirements which must be met prior to serving snacks at a location other than a school.

Approved Service Days

• After School Snack Programs must be regularly scheduled, following the regular school day (could be a program which meets weekly, or three times a week; does not have to be daily).

• Snacks cannot be claimed for reimbursement that are served on weekends, holidays, school breaks, or during summer vacation.

Snack – Meal Pattern

• Snacks must contain at least two of the four meal components (in the required amounts)

milk 8 fluid ounces fruit and/or vegetable¾ cup or 6 ounces meat/meat alternate 1 ounce bread/grain 1 serving

Eligibility Criteria

• Snacks:– Snack sites must be added to the site application

on the CNP web-based program.– Regular Snack Program: site is < 50% FRP.– Area Eligible Snack Program: site is ≥50%. – October Building Data.– It is possible to serve snacks free of charge to

students at sites < 50% by billing a grant.

Area Eligibility – Defined

• A site qualifies as area eligible if it is in the attendance area of a school which has at least 50% of it’s enrollment eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

• A school that qualifies as “area eligible” may also qualify any other school/site in the same attendance zone.

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An Elementary, middle, or a high schoolmay be used to qualify any other school

in the same attendance zone.

Record Keeping Requirements

• The sponsor must maintain a snack production record to show meal pattern.

• A roster or sign-in sheet of participatingchildren must be maintained.

• A point of service meal count must be maintained to show the number of snacks served.

• Two on-site reviews are required; one during the first four weeks of the program, and one prior to the end of the school year/snack program.

Reimbursement• Area Eligible:

All eligible snacks are reimbursed at thefree rate $0.71

• Regular:Snacks are reimbursed according to student eligibility

free $0.71reduced-price $0.35paid $0.06

Program Sense

You may receive reimbursement forproviding a snack to children who areattending an afterschool program.

Research has shown a correlation betweenadequate nutrition and a child’sdevelopment and school performance.

Community Sense

The community as a whole benefits fromafterschool programs. • Child have a safe place to go after school.• Child are in a supervised setting.• Children are helped with homework and

skills.• Child receive a snack, which helps hold them over until

dinner.

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Contact Information

Please contact your assigned program specialist:

Olympia Angela Ruiz 360-725-6212Tacoma Linsey LaPlant 253-589-7252Edmonds Kari Lund 425-776-2955

Yakima Pam Mahre 509-575-2412Spokane Debra Calhoun 509-323-2751