The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) directed USDA to study the extent to which school food authorities (SFAs) participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) pay indirect costs to local education agencies (LEAs). It specifically requested an assessment of the methodologies used to establish indirect costs, the types and amounts of indirect costs that are charged and not charged to the school food service account, and the types and amounts of indirect costs recovered by LEAs. To address the research questions, information was collected from four perspectives: (1) the State education agency finance officer, (2) the State child nutrition director, (3) the LEA business manager, and (4) the SFA director.

Help us provide the most useful data by completing our ODP User Feedback Survey for School Nutrition Data,About the Dataset This dataset contains contact information and program participation information for all School Nutrition Program (SNP) meal sites approved by TDA to operate during the 2023-2024 program year. Contracting Entities (CE) or sites they sponsor may cancel or terminate participation after initial approval. The school nutrition program year begins July 1 and ends June 30.,An overview of all SNP data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - School Nutrition Programs page.,An overview of all TDA Food and Nutrition data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,,About the Agency The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.,For more information on these programs, please visit us at SquareMeals.org.

Help us provide the most useful data by completing our ODP User Feedback Survey for School Nutrition Data,About the Dataset This dataset contains contact information and program participation information for all School Nutrition Program (SNP) meal sites approved by TDA to operate during the 2022-2023 program year. Contracting Entities (CE) or sites they sponsor may cancel or terminate participation after initial approval. The school nutrition program year begins July 1 and ends June 30.,An overview of all SNP data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - School Nutrition Programs page.,An overview of all TDA Food and Nutrition data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,,About the Agency The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.,For more information on these programs, please visit us at SquareMeals.org.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) formally established a Farm to School Program within USDA to improve access to local foods in schools. In order to establish realistic goals with regard to increasing the availability of local foods in schools, in 2013, USDA conducted the first nationwide Farm to School Census (the Census). In 2015, USDA conducted a second Farm to School Census to measure progress towards reaching this goal.

Help us provide the most useful data by completing our ODP User Feedback Survey for School Nutrition Data,About the Dataset This dataset contains contact information and program participation information for all School Nutrition Program (SNP) meal sites approved by TDA to operate during the 2021-2022 program year. The school nutrition program year begins July 1 and ends June 30.,In March 2020, USDA began allowing flexibility in nutrition assistance program policies in order to support continued meal access should the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) impact meal service operation. Flexibilities were extended into the 2021-2022 program year and allowed School Nutrition Programs to operate Seamless Summer Option through the 2021-2022 school year.,A CE must have an approved School Nutrition Program application on file for the the program year for a CE to operate Seamless Summer Option. Therefore, CEs and sites listed in this School Nutrition Program dataset may be providing meals under the Seamless Summer Option. Please use School Nutrition Program and Seamless Summer Option claims data to determine which program a CE has selected to provide meals.,For more information on the policies implemented for this purpose, please visit our website at SquareMeals.org.,An overview of all SNP data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - School Nutrition Programs page.,An overview of all TDA Food and Nutrition data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,,About the Agency The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.,For more information on these programs, please visit us at SquareMeals.org.

Help us provide the most useful data by completing our ODP User Feedback Survey for School Nutrition Data,About the Dataset In March 2020, USDA began allowing flexibility in nutrition assistance program policies in order to support continued meal access should the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) impact meal service operation. Flexibilities were extended into the 2020-2021 program year and allowed School Nutrition Programs to operate summer meal service programs through the end of the school year as needed.,The CEs and sites listed in this dataset may be operating under programs other than the School Nutrition Programs as part of the USDA's flexibilities during this period. Please refer to the School Nutrition Program (SNP) Meal Reimbursement, Seamless Summer Option (SSO) Meal Count, and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Meal Count datasets for Program Year 2020-2021 to confirm the program used to serve meals.,For more information on the waivers implemented for this purpose, please visit our website at SquareMeals.org.,An overview of all SNP data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - School Nutrition Programs page.,An overview of all TDA Food and Nutrition data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,,About the Agency The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.,For more information on these programs, please visit us at SquareMeals.org.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) directed the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish nutrition standards for all foods and beverages sold to students on the school campus during the school day. On June 28, 2013, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published the "Smart Snacks in School" (Smart Snacks) regulation that carefully balances science-based nutrition standards with practical and flexible solutions to promote healthier eating on campus. The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify Smart Snacks standards for exempt food that are paired together as a single snack.

The mission of FNS is to provide children and needy families better access to food and a more healthful diet through its food assistance programs and comprehensive nutrition education efforts. These dataset provides a summary of all the FNS School Food Program combined into one dataset. It contains cash payments and commodity costs for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and the Special Milk Program. (format: html, xls)