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Latest News for School Nutrition Programs
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Published: 77 days ago
School Year 2024-2025
DoD Fresh FFV Program Participants:
• Please remember to complete receipts in FFAVORS for each delivery within 7 calendar days from the date of delivery.
• TDA monitors monthly utilization of DoD funds in FFAVORS
All ordering is complete for SY25. RAs can validate with a Requisition Status Report in WBSCM and checking "Requisition Status" is “Approved by SDA”.
• Sales Orders that are in "Order Received" status are available at your contracted warehouse and must be placed on a delivery schedule as soon as possible.
• Processors have received allocations of state account pounds. Schools can validate cancelled or reduced requisitions based on the final amount loaded into tracking systems.
• Gold Star Foods offers surplus cases through on-going “Advertisements” in their system. For questions, contact the NSLP coordinator at Gold Star.
TX-UNPS Weekly Commodity Bulletin will no longer track entitlement allocations and balances for SY25. RAs must utilize a combination of reporting from WBSCM, FFAVORS and distributor systems.
School Year 2025-2026
• In October the DoD Opt-In form will be published on squaremeals. The deadline will be from October 1st – 31st. A yes response is required to be eligible to participate and have a portion of planned assistance level set aside for the SY26 DoD FFAV program.
• In October TDA will post the USDA Foods Feedback survey. The deadline will be from October 1st – 31st.
Upcoming Meetings with USDA Foods:
TDA will be holding Zoom Meetings with schools serviced by each contracted warehouse region in September. THIS IS INTENDED FOR THOSE THAT FORECAST, MENU PLAN, AND SUBMIT ORDERS IN WBSCM.
We will discuss ordering trends from SY25 to help schools prepare for planning and forecasting for round 1 direct delivery starting in January.
RAs will be shown what they requested, vs what was ordered. Including an in-depth dive into entitlement availability for the region, and how larger RAs drive demand coming into warehouses for direct delivery.
Gold Star Regions – 9/24/24 10am-11am CST
US Foods Region – 9/25/24 10am-11am CST
El Pasoans Region – 9/26/24 10am-11am CST
San Antonio Region – 9/27/24 10am-11am CST
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 (including gender identity and sexual orientation), 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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