Afterschool Snack Guide

Guide Guide 

Snack After-school 

After-school 

Healthy Healthy 

Directors 

Nutrition Nutrition 

School School for After-School 

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the After-school Program from Action for Healthy Kids and National Football League

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Action for Healthy Kids draws upon the expertise and contributions of numerous 

national organizations, government agencies, Action for Healthy Kids State Teams 

and individuals committed to creating schools that promote sound nutrition and 

physical activity. The following members of the Action for Healthy Kids Partner 

Steering Committee, State Teams and after-school experts provided valuable 

guidance, information and critical review for this program. 

AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE 

Della Cronin 

AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH, 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION AND DANCE 

Judith C. Young, PhD 

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY 

AND CONSUMER SCIENCES 

Beverly Card, CFCS, NBCT 

AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION 

Jessica Donze Black, RD, MPH 

ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL 

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION DIRECTORS 

Maria Bettencourt 

CHILDREN’S HUNGER ALLIANCE & 

OHIO ACTION FOR HEALTHY KIDS 

Shelly Roth, MPH, RD, LD 

COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS 

Nancy Hudson, RN, MS, CHES 

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

Donna Wittrock, MS, SFNS 

FAMILY, CAREER AND COMMUNITY 

LEADERS OF AMERICA 

Sandy Spavone 

FLORIDA DAIRY COUNCIL 

Jennifer Whittaker, MPH, LD/N 

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

Elizabeth Levenduski, MS, RD, LD/N 

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, USDA 

Julie Stauss Fort, MPH, RD 

FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER 

Crystal Weedall FitzSimons 

Nicole Woo 

LA CROSSE SCHOOL DISTRICT (WISCONSIN) 

Marilyn Hurt, SFNS 

NATIONAL PTA 

Melissa Ganley, MA 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SPORT 

AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

De Raynes, MA, EdS 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS 

Margaret Evans 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS 

Jeff Sherrill, BS 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS 

Rocco Marano, MS 

NATIONAL COALITION FOR 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION 

Sue Ferguson 

NATIONAL DAIRY COUNCIL ® 

Carole Clemente, BA, ECE 

Tab Forgac, MS, RD, LD, SFNS 

Camellia Patey, MS, RD, SFNS 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 

Cedric Jones 

Scott Lancaster 

Jenn Magner 

NATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 

Jean Schultz, MS, CHES 

NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION 

Elizabeth Partoyan 

NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE 

Velma Cobb, PhD 

POLK COUNTY SCHOOLS (FLORIDA) 

Marcia Smith 

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL 

ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS 

Christine Spain, MS, MA 

SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION 

Ev Beliveau, RD, SFNS 

Gigi Alterio-Compton, CCP 

SOCIETY OF STATE DIRECTORS OF HEALTH, 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION 

Sharon Murray, MHSE, CHES 

We are grateful to the following school 

districts for pilot testing this program. 

Alief Independent School District (Texas) 

Archdiocese of Chicago 

Bullitt County Public Schools (Kentucky) 

Chicago Public Schools 

Duvall County Public Schools (Florida) 

Galena Park Independent School District (Texas) 

Houston Independent School District (Texas) 

Independence 30 (Missouri) 

Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) 

Kansas City 33 (Missouri) 

Oldham County Schools (Kentucky) 

Pasadena Independent School District (Texas) 

Seattle Public Schools 

Shawnee Mission School District (Kansas) 

Spring Branch Independent School District (Texas) 

Syracuse City Schools (New York) 

Other Program Contributors 

Flair Communications 

Hartman Bourneuf & Associates 

Joyce Abercrombie, 

Project Management Consulting 

MMS Education 

Shattuck & Associates 

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Feeding Children After-school 

With more parents working outside the home and the growing emphasis on academic achievement, the 

hours after school are increasingly filled with educational and enrichment programs. These programs can 

also play an important role in improving students’ health and wellness by providing nutrition education, 

physical activity and a nutritious snack. 

A healthy snack is an essential part of any after-school program. It gives children the boost they need to 

get through the afternoon and keeps them away from unhealthy alternatives. School nutrition departments 

can support student health and wellness by providing food for the after-school program. 

To make it easier for school nutrition departments to provide a nutritious snack, the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides funding for snacks through the National School Lunch Program 

(NSLP). Additionally, funding is available to provide suppers as well as snacks through the Child and 

Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). 

NSLP Snacks 

School nutrition departments that participate in the NSLP can provide federally funded snacks 

to after-school programs — both school-based and in the community. The school nutrition 

department already has a working relationship with the state child nutrition agency that 

administers the NSLP and is familiar with the paperwork commonly required by the child 

nutrition programs. The school nutrition department also has the expertise, staff and facilities 

to produce nutritious snacks, making their help invaluable to the after-school program. 

After-school Program Requirements 

To receive NSLP funding for snacks, the after-school program must be school-sponsored, but 

it can take place on or off school grounds and can be operated by the school or by another 

organization such as a YMCA, a Boys and Girls Club or a religious congregation. The afterschool 

program must offer some educational and enrichment activities. Sports and recreation 

can be part of the program, but programs that are purely competitive sports teams, such as 

the high school varsity basketball team or a baseball league, are not eligible. 

Program Eligibility 

An after-school program qualifies for the NSLP by its location or the income of the children in 

the program: 

• If the program is located in a low-income area — where 50 percent or more of the 

elementary, middle or high school students qualify for free or reduced-price school meals 

— then the school receives the highest rate of reimbursement, called “the free rate,” for 

all of the snacks it serves to all children. Tens of thousands of schools meet this test. 

• If the program is not in a low-income area, then the school receives reimbursement in 

a three-tiered system (“free,” “reduced-price” or “paid”) based upon each participant’s 

school meal application. 

For the current snack reimbursement rates, visit: 

www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Governance/notices/naps/NAPs04-05.pdf or 

www.frac.org/pdf/rates.PDF. The rates are adjusted annually for inflation. 

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Age Eligibility 

Children age 18 and under can receive snacks. If the student turns 19 during the school year, he 

or she is still eligible for the program. 

Program Administration 

The school nutrition department usually submits an addendum (supplied by the state) to its 

existing school meals application. The snacks must include two out of the following four components: 

milk, fruits or vegetables (including juice), grains or grain alternatives, and meat or meat alternatives. 

A few of the required amounts for snacks are slightly different from the school lunch requirements. 

A list of USDA’s nutritional requirements for snacks is available at: 

www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Afterschool/factsheet.htm or 

www.frac.org/html/building_blocks/nutritionalguidelines.html. 

Programs are required to keep meal counts and attendance rosters. Even though the school district 

administers the NSLP, there is no requirement that the foodservice staff distribute the snacks, 

keep the attendance roster or take the meal count. Many schools train the after-school program 

staff to be responsible for these tasks in order to decrease labor costs. 

The school nutrition department must monitor each after-school program twice a year. The first 

review must be done within the first four weeks of operation. During the review, the department 

must determine the program’s compliance with counting and claiming procedures and with the 

menus. Examples of monitoring forms are included on in the “Snack Programs in Action” section 

of this guide (see page 5). 

The logistics of the snack program will in large part be determined by the school’s resources. The 

common design is for the cafeteria staff to put together the snacks and store them in a designated 

area within the kitchen or outside the kitchen. Perishable items are often stored in coolers. (A 

school nutrition department can work with the after-school program to raise funds for coolers or 

receive them as in-kind donations from local civic organizations, grocers, or children’s health and 

hunger agencies.) The after-school program picks up the snacks, serves them to the students in 

the cafeteria or another designated area, fills out the paperwork and cleans up the area afterwards. 

Leftover snacks often can be re-stored as long as the food is kept at the proper temperature. 

Additional information on logistics is explored in the “Snack Programs in Action” section of this 

guide. 

For additional information on NSLP snacks, visit: 

www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Afterschool/default.htm or 

www.frac.org/Out_Of_School_Time/Afterschool/index.html. 

Even though the NSLP snack is available to any school participating in school 

lunch, some school nutrition directors may choose not to participate in the 

NSLP snack especially if a small percentage of low-income children participate 

in the program. Regardless of whether the school uses the child nutrition 

programs, it is still important that children receive a nutritious after-school 

snack. School nutrition departments can provide a healthy snack to the afterschool 

program and charge the program the cost of the snack if necessary.

Providing Suppers After School 

Providing a supper is a great way to support working families, to ensure that children are receiving 

enough nutrition to get through the afternoon, and to increase the financial viability of feeding children 

after school. The supper requires five nutritional components versus the two that the snack requires, 

but the free supper reimbursement rate is nearly four times the free snack reimbursement. 

Even though suppers are not available through the NSLP, school nutrition departments can provide 

suppers as well as snacks through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Seven states — 

Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania — are part of an afterschool 

supper program pilot project, which follows the same area eligibility rules as the snack program. 

After-school programs located in low-income areas in these states receive the free reimbursement rate 

for suppers served to children age 18 and under. Additional states that may join the pilot will be listed 

on FRAC’s website, www.frac.org. 

In other states (and in areas in the pilot states that are not low-income), children age 12 and under can 

receive federally funded suppers. Regardless of the location of the after-school program, children are 

individually qualified for free, reduced-price or paid meals. The school meals applications already qualify 

children for free or reduced-price school meals, so providing suppers with minimal additional paperwork 

is feasible. 

To provide suppers or snacks, the school nutrition director should speak with the state CACFP agency. 

A complete list of the state CACFP agencies and additional information is available at: 

www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Contacts/StateDirectory.htm or 

www.frac.org/html/building_blocks/afterschoolcontacts.html. 

Additional Resources 

In 2004, the School Nutrition Association conducted a survey of nearly 500 child nutrition directors on 

feeding children after school. The survey found that 74 percent of respondents provided snacks 

through the NSLP and 11 percent offered food through the CACFP. It also calculated the average food 

costs for snacks (44 cents per snack), identified common logistical practices of schools and covered 

other helpful topics. It is a useful resource for any child nutrition director who is considering providing 

snacks after school. The full survey results are available at: 

www.schoolnutrition.org/uploadedFiles/ASFSA/newsroom/bookstore/pmsnackrpt04.pdf. 

The following websites offer additional information on the federally funded snack programs: 

• United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Services, 

www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Afterschool/default.htm 

• Food Research and Action Center, www.frac.org 

• National Dairy Council’s Nutrition Explorations, www.NutritionExplorations.org 

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Lowfat Yogurt (4 ounces) 

Orange (1 medium) 

Water 

Alphabet Shaped Pretzels (1 package) 

100% Orange Juice ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Cinnamon Bear Cookies (1 package) 

1% Chocolate Milk (1 cup) 

Lowfat Chocolate Milk (1 cup) 

Bagel (.9 ounces) with 

Light Cream Cheese (1 ounce) 

Graham Crackers (3 count) 

Lowfat Milk (1 cup) 

Yogurt (4 ounces) 


Cinnamon Toast (1 slice) 

100% Apple Juice ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Mozzarella String Cheese (1 ounce) 

100% Fruit Juice ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Mini Oatmeal Cookies (1 package) 

100% Blended Strawberry Yogurt (4 ounces) 

Mini Football Cookies (1 package) 



Mixed Fruit in Light Syrup ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Petite Banana (1) 

Cheese & Peanut Butter Crackers (1 pack) 

Water 

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich (1) 

100% Orange/Apple Juice ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Tiny Twist Pretzels (1 serving) 


Apple Pie Explosion Smoothie (1 apple) 

Graham Crackers (1 ounce) 

Red Delicious Apple (1) 

Teddy Grahams (1 package) 

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Healthy Snack Ideas 

Whole Wheat Crackers (8 ounces) 

Carrots/Fresh Green Beans ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Dip for Vegetables 

Water 

Apple Granola Bar (1 serving) 

100% Fruit Juice ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Apple Surprises (1 apple) 


Cheese Crackers (4 count) 



Carrot Sticks/Pepper Strips ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Lowfat Ranch Dressing (2 tablespoons) 

Muffin (1) 

Cantaloupe and Grapes ( 3 ⁄4 cup) 

Dip for Fruit 

Soft Pretzel (1 serving) 

String Cheese (1 ounce) 

Water 

Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich (1 slice 

of bread, 1 ounce cheese, 1 ounce ham) 

Water 

Blueberry Muffin (1 serving) 

1% Chocolate Milk (1 cup) 

Baby Carrots (1.6 ounce bag) 

Mini Sweetie Bear Cookies (1 package) 



Banana (1 medium) 

Ham Sandwich (1 ounce ham) 


A special thank you to the Department of Recreation and Parks 

in Baltimore, Maryland; the Kansas City, Missouri, School 

District; the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger; and 

the United States Department of Agriculture for providing 

snack ideas and information.

Snack Programs in Action 

Across the country, over 930,000 children at nearly 24,000 after-school programs receive snacks through 

the USDA National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Most of the snacks are being served in programs 

located in low-income areas, while 15 percent of all snacks are served at sites that are not low-income. 

On the following pages are accounts of how snack programs are running in four distinctly different school 

districts around the country, including: 

• Worcester County Public Schools, Maryland 

• Lima City Schools, Ohio 

• Dade County School Food Service Authority, Florida 

• Kansas City School District, Missouri 

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Worcester County Public Schools, 

Maryland 

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ReCharge! Healthy After-school Snack Guide — Snack Programs in Action 

District Demographics: 

• 6,900 students 

• 33 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price school meals 

• Rural district 

After-school Snack Program: 

• Approximately 360 children receive a snack each day. 

• Fourteen after-school programs participate — five of the programs take place at local churches 

and nine are in elementary, middle or high schools. 

• Twelve of the programs are located in a low-income area; two are not. 

Snack Menus: 

• None of the snacks contain more than 9 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat and 15 grams 

of sugar. 

• Favorites include cereal and milk, animal crackers and juice, and lowfat honey buns and milk. 

The district uses commodities for some of the snacks to decrease costs. 

• The school nutrition department gets feedback on the snacks from the program administrators 

and makes menu substitutions when children do not like an item. 

Process for Serving the Snack: 

• The after-school staff for the church programs and the smaller school programs pick up 

the snack from the cafeteria. Staff members are responsible for serving the snack and taking 

the meal counts. The cafeteria manager trains the after-school program staff on how to 

serve the snacks and fill out the paperwork. 

• In the larger school programs, the cafeteria staff serves the snacks in the cafeteria and is 

responsible for the paperwork. 

• The school district staff does not serve any hot food after school, but maintains the milk, 

juice and fruit at the proper temperature by removing them from storage just prior to serving 

them or by placing them in coolers. The rest of the items are non-perishable. 

• In the schools, the janitorial staff is responsible for cleaning up the area where the children eat. 

• Food Services Coordinator Scott Blackburn does all of the monitoring himself. He visits 

each site twice a year.


Funding and Costs: 

• The food costs for snacks are between 50 and 51cents each (the 2004-2005 school year free 

rate reimbursement was 61cents), and the additional reimbursement goes toward labor costs. 

• Since two of the schools are not located in a low-income area, the district is reimbursed for 

those snacks at the free, reduced-price or paid rate, as determined by the children’s eligibility 

for school meals. At these schools, none of the children has to pay for snacks. Instead, the 

after-school program pays the difference between the reimbursement and the cost. 

Challenges and Solutions: 

• The cafeteria staff is responsible for providing the snacks in the larger programs due to concerns 

about program integrity. In one of these schools, the school food service director recruited the 

vice principal to oversee the operation of the snack program, decreasing the labor costs for the 

school food service department. 

• The children who participate in the church programs take the school bus to the church. This 

eliminates transportation barriers that can be a problem if a program is located off school 

grounds. 

Creative Practices: 

• The school programs have a sharing table. Children can place a non-perishable snack item that 

they don’t like on the table, and another child can take it, which cuts down on food waste. 

Note: USDA allows for sharing tables within the after-school snack program. The state agency can 

give guidance on how to design a sharing table that meets health and safety standards. 

Response to the Program: 

• According to Blackburn, receiving the snacks from the school is a 

real bonus for the after-school programs because it allows them to 

feed the children at no cost, for all but two programs. And for the 

two programs that are billed, the cost is much lower due to 

the NSLP snack reimbursement. 

• Leiko Flint, an educational assistant with Buckingham 

Elementary School, runs the after-school program 

at Buckingham Presbyterian Church. She says 

that receiving snacks from the school is great, 

the process is easy and the children like the 

snacks. Without the help of the school, 

Buckingham Presbyterian Church would 

probably not be able to provide the snacks. 

For more information, contact: 

Scott Blackburn 

Food Services Coordinator 

Worcester County Public Schools 

6270 Worcester Highway 

Newark, MD 21841 

(410) 632-2582 X5015 

dsblackburn@mail.worcester.k12.md.us 

Worcester County Public Schools, Maryland 

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Sample Snack Menu 

Worcester County 

Public Schools 

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Worcester County Public Schools, Maryland 

Sample 

Monitoring and Evaluation Form 

Worcester County Public Schools


Lima City Schools, 

Ohio 




• Small urban district 


• Between 250 and 300 children receive a snack each day. 

• Five after-school programs located at elementary and middle schools participate. 

• All of the programs are in low-income areas. 

• The school nutrition department of Lima City Schools has provided snacks to after-school 

programs since they first became available during the 1998-1999 school year. 


• The school district has a policy to offer only healthy snacks, including in the vending machines. 

• Some of the most popular after-school snacks include milk and cereal, pretzels and chocolate 

milk, yogurt and graham crackers, and nachos and salsa. 

• The school nutrition department holds meetings with the after-school program staff to discuss 

how the program is going and to find out which snacks the children like. 


• The cafeteria staff places the perishable snacks in coolers and the non-perishable snacks on a 

shelf in the kitchen. The school district obtained the coolers for free from the American Dairy 

Association & Dairy Council Mideast. 

• The after-school program collects the snacks, serves them and does the meal count. 

• The children eat in the cafeteria and are responsible for cleaning up after themselves. The 

janitorial staff is not available to help out. 


• The reimbursement covers the food costs, but not all of the labor costs. To ensure that the 

program does not cost the district dollars, the school nutrition staff prepares the snack during 

the school day. 

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• Some of the size requirements are different from school lunch. For example, a serving of 

fresh fruit in school lunch is 1/2 cup as compared to 3/4 cup in the snack program. The 

school nutrition staff has to be trained to serve the right amount of food and, in the case 

of pre-packaged foods, the school nutrition department has to order special food for the 

snack program. 


• According to Larry Huber, who ran the after-school programs for the school district, the 

snack provides the children with a boost and some extra energy to get through the afternoon. 

The students are interested in getting a snack because it gives them time to unwind and 

hang out with friends before starting the program. 

• The after-school programs would have a very difficult time serving a nutritious snack if the 

school district did not provide it. They would have to use program dollars to cover the cost, 

the snack would be minimal and it would not be offered daily. 

• Providing the snack is especially important for some students who rely on the meals and 

snacks provided at school. 


Carrie Woodruff 

School Food Service Director, SFNS 

Lima City Schools 

515 S. Calumet 

Lima, OH 45804 

(419) 998-2449 

cwoodruff@limacityschools.org 

Lima City Schools, Ohio


Sample Snack Menu Ideas 


Lima City Schools, Ohio 

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Dade County 

School Food Service Authority, 

Florida 

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• Large urban district 


• About 10,400 children receive a snack each day. 

• Over 100 after-school programs located in schools participate. 

• All of the programs are located in low-income areas. 


• Some of the most popular snack menus include half sandwiches, pudding and cereal. 

• The after-school programs provide feedback informally to the school nutrition department on 

children’s snack preferences. 


• The snacks are prepared by the school nutrition department at the kitchen of each school. 

The snacks are then left in a designated area, such as the refrigerator or the milk box, for 

access by the after-school program. 

• The children eat the snacks in the dining room and the after-school program staff is responsible 

for cleaning up the area. 

• Olga Botero, Director of Special Programs, puts clear guidelines in place before starting. She 

also provides training to the after-school program staff each year to ensure that the full 

snack is served and that the after-school program takes a proper meal count each day. 

• The school nutrition coordinator at each school monitors the after-school snack program. 

They conduct a review during the first month of operation and a second review later in the 

school year.



• Prior to the 2000-2001 school year, the school nutrition department provided snacks 

and charged after-school programs 50 cents per snack. 

• Now each snack costs about 63 cents, which means that most of the food costs are 

covered by the NSLP reimbursement. The after-school programs pay only 5 cents per 

snack to cover labor, supplies and other indirect costs, resulting in a more substantial 

snack at a 90% cost reduction. 


• The biggest challenge is balancing the cost of items with the nutritional content. The snacks 

can’t be too sweet or too salty, and they need to be foods that the children will eat. While it 

is a challenge, Botero believes the menus are well accepted by the after-school programs 

and the children. 


• In addition to providing snacks through NSLP to the 101 school-sponsored programs, 

the Dade County School Food Service is the vendor for 160 other after-school programs, 

including the YWCAs, the Family Christian Association and migrant programs. Many of 

these programs participate in Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to cover the 

costs of their after-school snacks. 


• When Botero visits the after-school programs, 

staff members tell her that the snack has to be 

served first before any other activity. Otherwise, 

the children have a difficult time participating in 

educational activities. By giving the children 

the fuel they need to learn, the snack plays a 

similar role at the end of the day that school 

breakfast plays at the start. 


Olga Botero 

Director of Special Programs 

Department of Food and Nutrition 

7042 W. Flager St. 

Miami, FL 33144 

(786) 275-0445 

obotero@sbab.dade.k12.fl.us 

Dade County School Food Service Authority, Florida 

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Dade County School Food Service Authority, Florida 

Sample 

Monitoring and 

Evaluation Form 

Dade County School 

Food Service 

Authority 

Sample Snack Menu 

Dade County School Food 

Service Authority


Kansas City School District, 

Missouri 




• Large urban district 


• About 4,000 children receive a snack each day. 

• Forty-three after-school programs located in schools participate. 

• All of the programs are in a low-income area. 


• Favorite snacks include cereal and milk, reduced fat chips with milk or juice, yogurt and 

juice, and oatmeal cookies and milk. The menus include fresh fruit once a week. 

• Initially, the school nutrition department held meetings with the after-school program staff, 

but now the after-school program coordinator provides feedback through a more informal 

process by simply raising problems or concerns to the cafeteria manager. 


• After-school program staff orders the number of snacks they need each day. The school 

nutrition staff puts the snacks in sanitary containers and coolers, which the after-school 

staff picks up from an agreed upon place at the end of the day. Students eat snacks in the 

cafeteria or classrooms, depending on the program. 

• The after-school program is responsible for taking the meal count. 

• School nutrition staff members conduct site visits in the fall and spring. 


• The food costs an average of 42 cents per snack. The cafeteria managers receive 

10 cents a snack for putting them together. 


• In addition to providing snacks through the NSLP, the school nutrition department provides 

two CACFP sponsors with about 600 suppers for the community-based after-school 

programs. 

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• The snack program is now institutionalized in the district. According to Food Service Director 

Brenda Leach, the after-school programs are receiving a good service. Without having eaten 

since 11 a.m. or noon, students would have a difficult time making it through the afternoon 

without a snack. 


Brenda Leach 

Food Service Director 

Kansas City, Missouri, School District 

1211 McGee 

Kansas City, MO 64106 

(816) 418-7350 

bleach@email.kcmsd.k12.mo.us 

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Kansas City School District, Missouri

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