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Did you know . . .

The federally assisted School Breakfast Program serves 10.1 million children daily, and more than 84,500 schools and residential child-care institutions participate.*

*From the “Little Big Fact Book,” published by the School Nutrition Association, 2008.
Did you know . . .

The National School Lunch Program was signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1946 and currently provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost, and free lunches to more than 30 million children each year.*

*From the “Little Big Fact Book,” published by the School Nutrition Association, 2008.
Did you know . . .

After-school snacks are offered by 47% of school nutrition operations, and 3.8% provide after-school meals.*

*From the “Little Big Fact Book,” published by the School Nutrition Association, 2008.

Important Announcements

Lunch Account Balances

Any remaining balance will stay in the student’s lunch account and follow the student into the new school year, if the student is moving within the UCPS district the lunch account will follow the student. If you have additional questions please contact the Child Nutrition Central Office 704-296-3000.

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Employee Training and Professional Development Opportunities

The Child Nutrition Program offers a variety of training opportunities for both managers and cafeteria staff. At the beginning of each school year, an entire day of training is conducted for all employees on the topics of sanitation, new products, and school safety. In addition, classes are offered throughout the year in areas such as cashier training, HAACP, ServSafe, Healthy Edge or Smart Options, money handling, customer service, cost analysis, inventory, quality control and other food service and business courses. All managers are required to have food-safety certification in the form of the ServSafe certificate, which must be renewed every three years. These classes help to keep employees on the cutting edge of sanitation, food safety, and procedures utilized by Child Nutrtition Program.

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After School Snack Program

The Child Nutrition Program provides healthy and nutritious snacks for after-school programs offered by Union County Public Schools. Participating child nutrition programs must schedule and make available educational and enrichment activities in an organized, structured, and supervised environment. Once these criteria are met, the program is eligible to receive federal money to help with the cost of providing snacks. The snacks are required to meet nutritional guidelines set by the federal government. This financial support supplements the cost of the after-school program, thus allowing this program to give money back to the schools.

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Child Nutrition
407 N. Main St. , Suite 100
Monroe, NC 28112
Phone: 704-296-3000
Fax: 704-292-2639
Denise Lamar, CN Director