CHILD NUTRITION COMMODITY PROGRAM

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is coordinated through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s Division of Food Distribution.

There are currently 195 Board Offices and 1388 school sites participating in the NSLP, serving students over 150 million nutritious meals annually in the state of Kentucky!

    Eligibility Requirements: Independent, public, private and qualifying Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs) are eligible if the following criteria are met:
  • Must be an education unit of high school grade and under, operating under public or nonprofit private ownership.
  • Must be in compliance with Civil Rights requirements.
  • Must be Federally Tax Exempt.
  • A school that does not participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), but operates a nonprofit school food service program under agreement with the Kentucky Department of Education, School and Community Nutrition.
  • A 24-hour child care institution, if eligibility is met.

DOD FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM

Recipient agencies utilized over $3.9 million to purchase fresh produce through the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. DOD provides additional fresh fruits and vegetables for Kentucky students in school meals to help fight obesity among school-aged children. 
FFAVORS System Contacts Hattie Richardson 215-737-7192

PROCESSED USDA DONATED FOODS

The USDA Further Processing Program allows eligible recipient agencies participating in the NSLP USDA donated foods program to work with commercial food processors by converting bulk or raw USDA donated foods into more convenient, palatable end products.

COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTORS

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Division of Food Distribution, is responsible for the logistics of getting USDA donated food to Recipient Agencies. Kentucky, through the state bid process, contracts with commercial distributors to receive, store, and distribute USDA donated foods. Recipient agencies are delivered these USDA donated foods in exchange for a per case delivery fee.

STATE APPROVED PROCESSORS

The State Processing Program allows States and eligible recipient agencies such as school districts to contract with commercial food processors to convert bulk or raw USDA commodities into more convenient ready-to-use end products.

    There are two types of Processor Agreements permitted under the Kentucky's Processing Program, which include:
  • The State Participation Agreement which is an agreement that Kentucky will do business with the processor under the umbrella of the National Processing Agreement maintained by USDA with specific additional provisions. Forms for this agreement may be found on this website.
  • The Master Processing Agreement will be used ONLY for processors who are not "multi-state" processors. That is the processor does business ONLY in the state of Kentucky. The forms for this agreement may be obtained from the Division of Food Distribution, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Phone: 502-573-0439.

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Agricultural Specialist

REGION – DISTRIBUTOR LIST

Commodity Advisory Council

The State of Kentucky started utilizing the Commodity Advisory Council to be better about purchasing appropriate amounts of USDA Foods to build trucks and have less cancelations due to not enough product being ordered. The state of Kentucky has been broken down into 9 regions. Each of these regions has a leader who has been asked by the KDA to assist that area with accumulating requests for direct delivery of USDA Foods.

New Food Service Director Manual

FOOD DISTRIBUTION COMMODITY RECIPES

  • Recipes for Schools

USDA Food Complaints 

RECALLS AND ALERTS

KENTUCKY SCHOOL DISTRICT DISASTER EMERGENCY RAPID RESPONSE

Food is an essential part of disaster response and recovery. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) can play a vital role in providing supplemental nutrition assistance when disasters occur by coordinating with State, local, and voluntary organizations to

  • Provide food for shelters and other mass feeding sites
  • Distribute food packages directly to households in certain situations
  • Offer flexibility in nutrition assistance programs’ design and administration to continue providing benefits to participants in need

DISASTER EMERGENCY RAPID RESPONSE DOCUMENTS

USDA NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

  • Mail:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

  • Fax:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

  • Email:
    program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

DECLARACIÓN DE NO DISCRIMINACIÓN DEL USDA (USDA NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT - SPANISH)

De acuerdo con la ley federal de derechos civiles y las normas y políticas de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta entidad está prohibida de discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad, edad, o represalia o retorsión por actividades previas de derechos civiles.

La información sobre el programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas que no sean el inglés. Las personas con discapacidades que requieren medios alternos de comunicación para obtener la información del programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lenguaje de señas americano (ASL), etc.) deben comunicarse con la agencia local o estatal responsable de administrar el programa o con el Centro TARGET del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o comuníquese con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Retransmisión al (800) 877-8339.

Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe llenar un formulario AD-3027, formulario de queja por discriminación en el programa del USDA, el cual puede obtenerse en línea en: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027s.pdf, de cualquier oficina de USDA, llamando al (866) 632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida a USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre del demandante, la dirección, el número de teléfono y una descripción escrita de la acción discriminatoria alegada con suficiente detalle para informar al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles (ASCR) sobre la naturaleza y fecha de una presunta violación de derechos civiles. El formulario AD-3027 completado o la carta debe presentarse a USDA por:

  • correo:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; o

  • Fax:
    (833) 256-1665 o (202) 690-7442; o

  • correo electrónico:
    program.intake@usda.gov

Esta institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.

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