September 17 , 2019
SNA submitted comments on the Federal Register Notice, Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request—Food Distribution Programs, published by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) on July 12, 2019.

Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign is seeking passionate individuals who will help to further their work on expanding access to afterschool meals through the CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Meals Program.

U.S. Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), David Trone (D-MD) and Don Bacon (R-NE) have introduced H.R. 4259, the Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids (SPARK) Act, a bipartisan bill that extends categorical eligibility to over 400,000 children who currently live with grandparents or in other arrangements such as kinship care.

The National Farm to School Network is celebrating this October as National Farm to School Month!

On September 10, 2019, USDA issued two separate Federal Register notices, both in response to the Department’s Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.

FNS published the report: Evaluation of the Direct Certification with Medicaid (DCM) for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (F/RP) Demonstration.
The Nebraska state legislature has introduced LR135, a bill that would create an interim study to scrutinize issues surrounding food insecurity in Nebraska communities.
Visit the SNA Training Zone to register for our upcoming webinars and learn more about hosting your legislator for a cafeteria site visit and implementing a farm-to-table program. Plus, register for three additional webinar opportunities in October!

The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is hosting two webinars and a conference call on some of the opportunities and challenges in child nutrition programs including the Summer Meals Program (SMP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and the Afterschool Meal Program (AMP).

On Thursday, September 19, FNS is hosting a webinar on the enhanced Food Package for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) that set to go into effect November 1, 2019. 
September is National Food Safety Education Month! This observation provides the perfect opportunity for your family or staff to review food safety principles that are essential all year long.
Tuesday Takeaway

The growing collection of USDA standardized recipes for school meals and other Federal feeding programs can now be found on The Child Nutrition Recipe Box.
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Mystery Chat Corner

On September 17, 1862, Union forces hurled back a Confederate invasion of Maryland in what Civil War battle?

Tuesday Morning is a weekly Web-based policy and awareness newsletter of the School Nutrition Association. The newsletter provides members with up-to-date federal legislative news as well as a sampling of child nutrition program media coverage. Additionally, state legislative activity is listed.