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HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms
(HUSSC: SL)http://www.fns.usda.gov/hussc/healthierus-school-challenge
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Team Nutrition Initiative
• Goal: To improve children's lifelong eating and physical activity habits.
• Provide:- Training and TA for healthy meals- Nutrition Education- School and Community Support- Links to partners and supporters
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HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms
• Voluntary certification initiative recognizing excellence in school nutrition and physical activity
• Consistent with school meal pattern requirements
• 4 Award Levels
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Team Nutrition School• Join free! http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/join-team
School Meals Program• Participate in SBP and NSLP• Meet USDA nutrition standards• All corrective actions completed• SFA 6-cent certified• Meet ADP (Silver or higher)• SL techniques implemented• Smart Snacks
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
• Technical Assistance- – National School Lunch Program requirements– Nutrition and School Wellness requirements– Physical Education/Activity requirements
• Regional Trainings
• Resources
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Average Daily Participation (ADP)Bronze Silver Gold Gold Award of
Distinction
Breakfast
Elementary No criteria 20% 35% 35%
Middle No criteria 20% 35% 35%
High No criteria 15% 25% 25%
Lunch
Elementary No criteria 60% 75% 75%
Middle No criteria 60% 75% 75%
High No criteria 45% 65% 65%
7http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/healthierus-school-challenge-resources/smarter-lunchrooms
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Smarter Lunchroom (SL) Techniques• Smarter Lunchroom Self-Assessment
Scorecardhttp://smarterlunchrooms.org/sites/default/files/lunchroom_self-assessmt_score_card.final_.4-3-14.pdf
• Bronze – at least 30 action items• Silver/Gold – 50 action items• Gold Award of Distinction – 70 action items
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
• SL Examples– Display the whole fruit– Give vegetables creative names– Use signs and verbal prompts to draw attention to
fruits, vegetables, reimbursable meals– Maintain an efficient, clean, and fun environment
for eating meals
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Smart SnacksAll Award Levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Gold Award of Distinction)• Must meet Smart Snacks in School Nutrition Standards.
– All foods and beverages sold to students during the school day* meet or exceed the USDA's nutrition standards for all foods and beverages sold to students
– A la carte, vending, school stores, snack or food carts and any food-based fundraising
– School follows fundraising exemptions and guidance set by their State agency
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Smart SnacksBronze/Silver• Meets Smart Snacks criteria as defined in
7 CFR Parts 210 and 220• The school offers training on Smart Snacks criteria annually
to all individuals who are involved in the sale of foods to students on the school campus during the school day.
• The school does not advertise or market foods and beverages that do not meet Smart Snacks criteria to students.
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Alliance Smart Snacks Product CalculatorTake the guesswork out of the Guidelines
HealthierGeneration.org/smartsnacks
Smart Snacks Resources
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Other Smart Snacks Resources• Questions and Answers related to the Smart
Snacks Interim Final Rule http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/SP23-2014os.pdf
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School Environment’s Role
Nutrition Education
School Staff
School Events
Eating HabitsPhysical
Activity Habits
Local SchoolWellness Policies
School Environment
Food
Nutrition & Health
Messages
Food & Beverage Marketing Physical
Activity Opportunities
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Criteria focus on entire school environment• Established criteria to impact students at school,
home, and in the community– Nutrition Education– Physical Education– Physical Activity– Local School Wellness Policy– Other Criteria for Excellence
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Local School Wellness Policy• 2004 – Reauthorization Act (Sec. 204 of Public Law 108-205)• 2010 – Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Sec. 204 of Public Law
111-296)• 2014 – Proposed rule for wellness policies was published in Federal
Register• For model policy resources and updates:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/local-school-wellness-policy
NH DOE BNPS Wellness PowerPoint presentation, August 2014:http://www.education.nh.gov/program/nutrition/trainings.htm
https://www.healthiergeneration.org/take_action/schools/wellness_councils__policies/wellness_policies/
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Local School Wellness Policy • All Award Levels• Submit copy of your school’s local wellness policy with
application.• List three ways your school is working to meet local
wellness policy goals.• Describe how parents, students, school
administration/staff, and community is involved.• Demonstrate a commitment to prohibit use of food as
a reward.
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2014 HUSSC: SL Criteria
Other Criteria for Excellence• Program Outreach Excellence• Excellence in School and Community Involvement
in Wellness Efforts• School Food Service Excellence
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HealthierUS School ChallengeIncentives and Goals
HUSSC: SL Awardees Receive• Display Banner• Certificate signed by the Secretary of
Agriculture and mounted on a plaque• Recognition on the Team Nutrition
Web site• Congratulatory letter signed by the First
Lady of the United States• Monetary incentivesAward Bronze Silver Gold Gold Award of
DistinctionAmount $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000
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Take the Challenge Get Awarded
• Schools get recognized for what they do to create a healthy school nutrition environment!
http://www.fns.usda.gov/hussc/healthierus-school-challenge
22www.whatscooking.fns.usda.gov
23http://www.fns.usda.gov/healthierschoolday
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NFSMI Offers Free Training & Resources
www.nfsmi.org
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• Launched in 1995 as part of the School Meals Initiative (SMI)
• Funded by USDA/FNS, maintained by NAL’s FNIC in collaboration with UMD http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/menu-planning/nutrition-standards-school-meals
Healthy Meals Resource SystemAdvancing access to information for schoolsand child care settings participating in
USDA Child Nutrition Programs
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For more information:Bureau of Nutrition Programs & Services
Judy Gosselin- [email protected] White- [email protected]
Nutrition and School WellnessRobin Peters- [email protected]
Debbie Luppold- [email protected]
Physical Education/ActivityScot Foster- [email protected]