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Published: 21 hours ago
School Year 2025-2026
Make sure your team logs into WBSCM to maintain active status. Please check your user accounts in WBSCM to ensure that appropriate SFA staff are active, have the correct roles assigned, and have up-to-date email addresses.
As previously mentioned in the October Newsletter, TDA cancelled all turkey roasts, item 100125 due to an overwhelming response by impacted recipient agencies not to bring them in mid-January 2026. USDA did not receive vendor bids for initially requested delivery periods in September and October 2025.
Requests for USDA Foods can be tracked using the WBSCM Requisition Status Report. Pricing fluctuations will continue until items reach "Purchased" status.
If you opted into the DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program for PY26, the value displays on your WBSCM Entitlement/Bonus Summary report. Funds are loaded into FFAVORS. Unspent values in WBSCM cannot be moved to increase DoD Fresh program funds. Per USDA guidelines, participants must complete receipts in FFAVORS for each delivery within 2 business days of the delivery date. If there is a discrepancy, contact your Dept. of Defense Support Representative for resolution.
TDA monitors the monthly utilization of DoD funds in FFAVORS to ensure proper use of values for USDA Foods. To maximize your DoD entitlement, SFAs should spend, at a minimum, 10% of their funds per month. SFAs who have not been utilizing funds may risk redistribution. Funds are limited to availability at the state level and will be taken into consideration; however, what is provided is based upon what is available at the time and is never guaranteed. The DoD Additional Funds Request Form Link is located on Squaremeals under Food Distribution for NSLP, Administration/Forms.
Participants in the DoD Fresh Program can request additional funds only AFTER depleting initial funds with a total value of less than $200 remaining in the FFAVORS account.
Refer to the Resources page on www.squaremeals.org, Food Distribution Program for NSLP, for helpful information regarding ordering USDA Foods.
School Year 2026-2027
The PY27 DoD Fresh Program Opt-In Form is now closed. All Recipient Agencies that opted in as a “YES” to participate will receive an equitable one-time distribution in December 2025. Balances will display in the WBSCM Entitlement/Bonus Summary Report for Program Year 2027.
Thank you to those who submitted responses to the USDA Foods Feedback Survey. The survey is a valuable tool for indicating preferences, allowing TDA to review and help offer the best USDA Foods to supplement child nutrition budgets.
For questions regarding USDA Foods, please contact your respective Education Service Center Child Nutrition representative(s) for guidance, training, and technical assistance in WBSCM.
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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:
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1. Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
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