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Harlandale Independent School District's Armando Leal Jr. Middle School Child Nutrition Staff Alma Garcia is a blur of activity as she fills hundreds of cold meal bags, in San Antonio, TX, on April 9, 2020.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a waiver for Texas to distribute the meals of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Seamless Summer Option (SSO) in a way that keeps staff and recipients at a safe distance by using curbside distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic in the neighborhoods supported by HISD.

SSO has less paperwork, making it easier for schools to feed children during the traditional summer vacation periods and, for year-round schools, long school vacation periods, and during unanticipated school closures (i.e.the current coronavirus emergency). For more information about Seamless Summer and Other Options for Schools, please go to fns.usda.gov/sfsp/seamless-summer-and-other-options-schools.

The meals fulfill USDA standards and include USDA commodities of turkey sandwiches and apple sauce/strawberry cups. Because of the portable needs of the meals, a bag of multigrain chips replaced hummus for today's grains. The hot meal includes a corndog made from a USDA recipe. Because of the portable needs of the meals, a bag of multigrain chips replaced hummus for today's grains. For more information about HISD Child Nutrition Program, please go to harlandale.net/cms/one.aspx?portalId=829982&pageId=1745444.

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost, or free lunches to children each school day—the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946. For more information about NSLP, please go to fns.usda.gov/nslp/nslp-fact-sheet.

Children need good nutrition all year long. The Summer Food Service Program, National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, and the Seamless Summer Option make it possible for schools to provide nutritious meals after the regular school year ends. For more information about FNS, please go to fns.usda.gov

USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Date Taken on 9 April 2020, 12:28
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