AFTER SCHOOL SNACK PROGRAM

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AFTER SCHOOL SNACK PROGRAM
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Reimbursement Requirements

• One snack/child/day (school days)
• Must contain an enrichment or educational
  component
• Available to children after their school day
  has ended
• Area-eligible free rate for 06-07 is .65

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Meal Pattern Requirements for the After School
Snack Program

• The snack shall contain at least two of the
  following four components
• minimum serving sizes indicated are for ages 6 -
  18.

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Milk

• Serving size l cup
• Must be fluid milk

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Meat/Meat Alternate

• Serving size l ounce
• Yogurt must be 4 oz or 1/2 cup volume
• Lean meat, poultry, fish, cheese, eggs, peanut
  butter, yogurt (plain or sweetened and flavored)

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Fruits or Vegetables

• Serving size 3/4 cup
• Vegetable(s) and/or fruit(s) or full-strength
  fruit or vegetable juice
• Juice may not be served when milk is served as
  the only other component

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Grains/Breads

• Serving size l serving
• All grain/bread items must be enriched or
  whole-grain flour, or if it is a cereal, the
  product must be whole grain, enriched or
  fortified.

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NON-CREDITABLE ITEMS

• Ice Cream
• Non-fruited Jello
• Sunny Delight Potato Chips
• Pudding
• Lemonade Buddy Bars Popcorn
• Kool aid

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After School Snack Pattern

• Milk, fluid l cup
• Meat or Meat Alternate l ounce
• Juice or fruit or vegetable 3/4 cup
• Bread and/or cereal 1 slice
• Enriched or whole grain bread
• or
• Cereal Cold dry 3/4 cup
• Hot cooked 1/2 cup

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Record Keeping

• Must maintain
• Documentation of Eligibility
• Meal Counts
• Documentation of individual childs attendance
• Document of compliance with meal pattern
  requirement
• Documentation of educational/enrichment component

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REVIEW REQUIREMENTS

• School Food Authorities administering after
  school snacks must
• Review each after school care program two times
  a year the first review shall be made during the
  first four weeks that the school snack program is
  in operation each school
• year