National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs Manual
Introduction and Overview
This introduction will give Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) an overview of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP). Detailed information regarding these programs is in the Quick Reference. The Special Milk Program (SMP) and After School Snack Program (ASSP) are briefly described in the Quick Reference, and more information regarding them can be found in their respective manuals.
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A
| A La Carte Sales | Adult Meals | Adult Prices (See Adult Meals) | After School "At Risk" Snack Program |
| Age for Participation in School Food Programs | Agreement and Application, Program (See Program Application and Agreement) | Allowable Costs (See Financial Administration) | Alternate Protein Products |
| Amended Claims (See Claims and Reports) | Appeal of Denied Benefits (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration - Fair Hearing Procedures) | Appeal Procedures for School Food Authorities |
B
| Breakfast Program Nonparticipation Review | Breakfast Reimbursement (See Reimbursement Categories) | Breakfast Severe Need Justification (See Claims and Reports and Reimbursement Categories) | "Buy American" (See Procurement Policies) |
C
| Catering | Charter Schools | Children with Disabilities | Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) |
| Civil Rights Complaint Handling Procedures | Civil Rights Compliance | Civil Rights Compliance Reviews | Civil Rights Compliance Data Collection and Reporting |
| Civil Rights Noncompliance Issues Resolution | Civil Rights Poster Display | Civil Rights Public Notification Program | Claim for Reimbursement (See Claims and Reports) |
| Claims, Amended (See Claims and Reports) | Claims and Reports | Commodities (see USDA Commodities) | Competitive Food Service |
| Continuous-School-Calendar Students, Meals (See Meals Served to Continuous-School-Calendar Students) | Contract Meals (See Catering) | Coordinated Review Effort | Credit, Meals Served on (See Meals Served on Credit) |
D
| Denial of Free or Reduced-Price Benefits (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) | Disabled Children (see Children with Disabilities) | Disaster Feeding | Disciplinary Action |
| Disclosure of Eligibility (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) |
E
| Eligibility Disclosure (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) | Enrolled Children | Even Start Eligibility | Exceptions to the Meal-Pattern Requirements (See Meal Accountability) |
| Exemption of Selected Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value (See Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value) |
F
| Fair Hearing Procedures (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) | Family-Style Meal Service | Field Trips (Off-Site Meals) | Financial Administration |
| Food Safety Inspections (See Sanitation) | Food Service Management Companies | Food Stamps Electronic Benefit Transfer (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) | Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value |
| Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration | Free and Reduced-Price Meal Policy (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) | Free or Reduced-Price Benefits Denial (See Free and Reduced-price Benefits Administration) |
H
| Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) | Head Start | Health and Sanitation (See Sanitation) | Homeless Children |
I
| Indirect Costs (See Financial Administration) | Infant Meals | Interest Accruing in School Food Service Accounts (See Financial Administration) |
K
| Kindergarten and Preschool Children (See Preschool and Kindergarten Children) |
L
| Late Claims (See Claims and Reports) | Leftover Food | Local Wellness Policy | Lost or Stolen Tickets, Lunch Cards, or Lunch Numbers |
| Lunch Reimbursement (See Reimbursement Categories) |
M
| Meal Accountability | Meal Count (See Meal Accountability) | Meal Hours | Meal Production Records (See Meal Accountability) |
| Meal-Pattern Requirements, Exceptions (See Meal Accountability) | Meals for Secondary Students Attending College | Meals Outside School Hours/School Days | Meals Produced Outside the Normal Cafeteria Environment |
| Meals Served on Credit | Meals Served to Continuous-School-Calendar Students | Menu Choices | Menu-Planning Systems |
| Milk Reimbursement (See Reimbursement Categories) | Milk Requirements and Recycling | Milk Standards | Monitoring |
N
| Noncitizens (See Eligibility Guidance for School Meals Manual) | Nonpricing Food Programs | Nonprofit Program Operation (See Financial Administration) | Nonprogram Adults (See Adult Meals) |
| Nonprogram Children's Meals | Nonreimbursable Meals | Nutrient Analysis (See A Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals) | Nutrient Standards |
O
| Off-Site Meals (See Field Trips) | Offer Versus Serve | Overt Identification of Eligible Children, Prevention of (See Free and Reduced-Price Program Administration) |
P
| Preschool and Kindergarten Children | Pricing Programs | Point-of-Service Meal Count (See Meal Accountability) | Prevention of Overt Identification of Eligible Children (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) |
| Prior-Year Application Approvals (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) | Private School Sponsorship | Procurement Policies | Program Adults (See Adult Meals) |
| Program Application and Agreement | Provision I, II or III (See Special Assistance Certification and Reimbursement Alternatives) |
R
| Records Availability | Recycling Milk (See Milk Requirements and Recycling) | Reduced-Price Charge (See Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) | Refugees (See Eligibility Guidance for School Meals Manual) |
| Reimbursable Meals | Reimbursement Categories | Reimbursement Claim (See Claims and Reports) | Residential Child Care Institution |
| Revised Claims (See Claims and Reports) |
S
| Sanitation | Schedule Conflicts | School Meals Initiative (SMI) Review | Second Meals |
| Severe Need Justification for Breakfast (See Claims and Reports and Reimbursement) | Severe Need Reimbursement (See Reimbursement Categories) | Site Monitoring (See Monitoring) | Soy Products (See Alternate Protein Products) |
| Special Assistance Certification and Reimbursement Alternatives | Special Milk Program | Special Milk Reimbursement (See Reimbursement Categories) | Special Needs (See Accommodating Children with Special Dietary Needs in the School) |
| Student, Parent, and Community Involvement in School Food Programs | Students Working in the Meal Service | Student Workers' Meals |
T
| Team Nutrition | Technical Assistance and Training | Transported Meals |
U
| USDA Commodities |
V
| Vending Machines | Verification of Eligibility for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (Also see Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Administration) |
W
| Wellness Policy (see Local Wellness Policy) |