 ARM Update Guide 2010-2011
A chronological listing of the updates made in the ARM in the current year.
Section 1. Overview of Child Nutrition Programs
Overview of Child Nutrition Programs
Section 2. Application Agreement/Renewal
Application--Agreement, policy statement and attachments
Section 3. Required Records and Due Dates
Summary of required records, reimbursement claims, list of forms and required records
Section 4. Determining Eligibility
Meal applications, household income and size, direct certification
Section 5. Provision 2
General Requirements
Section 6. Verification
General requirements, documentation, sample letters
Section 7. Counting and Claiming
Count/collection procedures, choosing a system, lost meal tickets, unacceptable meal count systems
Section 8. Breakfast
Menu planning systems, meal pattern requirements, severe need, food production records
Section 9. Lunch
Menu planning systems, meal pattern requirements, severe need, food production records
Section 10. Afterschool Care Program
Eligible programs, sites, eligibility, reimbursement, meal pattern
Section 11. Infant Feeding
Meal pattern, formula information
Section 12. Summer Program
Mandated Summer Food Service Program, seamless program, site eligibility, claims and reimbursement
Section 13. Accommodating Children With Special Dietary Needs
Definitions, IDEA, school issues, legal concerns
Section 14. Financial Information
Use of child nutrition funds, expenditures, state matching funds, reimbursement rates
Section 15. Meal Pricing
Student prices, adult prices, methods of calculating adult charges
Section 16. Ethics
Fraud statement, purchasing ethics, vendor gifts, use of confidential information
Section 17. Procurement
Criminal penalty, federal procurement standards, debarment and suspension, Buy American, food manufacturer/food wholesalers licenses
Section 18. Sanitation
Sanitation standards, HACCP, foodborne illnesses
Temperature Mini-Poster
Page 18.2, Sanitation and Food Handling
Section 19. Other Operational Issues
Civil rights, nondiscrimination policy, disciplinary action, ISS students, meal times, student-parent involvement
Section 20. Texas Public School Nutrition Policy
TPSNP, definitions, foods of minimal nutritional value
Section 21. USDA-Donated Foods
Commodity specifications and purchasing information, refusal of commodity delivery, commercial labeling and inventory requirements
Section 22. Food Service Management Companies
Competitive bidding, competitive proposal, procedures
Section 23. Coordinated Review Effort
CRE cycle, program areas to be reviewed, first review, follow-up review
Section 24. School Meals Initiative
School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children, Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Section 25. History
Early programs in the U.S., commodity donation program, effects of World War II, National School Lunch Act, Child Nutrition Act of 1966
Section 26. Residential Child Care Institutions
Additional guidance that applies only to residential child care institutions
USDA FMNV Exemptions List
Click here to access USDA's current FMNV Exemptions List.
FMNV Reminder
Regarding USDA's Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value (FMNV) Exemption List: Foods and beverages that have been exempt from the FMNV regulation are not equally exempt from the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy (TPSNP). This means that all exempted foods must meet TPSNP standards if they are to be served or made available to students of school campuses. Please see the Policy Clarification section of the Web site available at: www.squaremeals.org/fn/render/channel/items/0,1249,2348_2351_0_0,00.html
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