Overview
About Child Nutrition
Our Mission
The Child Nutrition Department is proud to serve students nutritious meals. We strive to offer a variety of choices in support of student growth, well-being, and readiness to learn. We participate in the federally funded National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program at all buildings and the After School Snack Program at every elementary school. These programs are overseen at the state level by the Indiana Department of Education and at the national level by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Our Standards
The programs we operate follow federally mandated meal pattern requirements as written in the National School Lunch Act. The requirements include limits on calories, saturated fats, sodium, and added sugars. Food brands offered in your student’s school cafeteria might be familiar, but they are not the same products as what you find in the grocery store. The items we serve have been specially formulated to meet the program requirements.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the State or local Agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination
Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.