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Changes to the USDA's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Affects IPS
Indianapolis Public Schools will continue to offer free breakfast and lunch to students throughout the district, but changes have been made to the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) that will affect some IPS schools for the 2019-2020 school year.
Because of new guidelines from the Department of Agriculture (USDA), IPS' Food Service Department will no longer be allowed to offer free fruit and vegetable snacks to schools that don't meet the eligibility requirements.
According to the USDA's website, schools must:
Have school population in which at least 50 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced priced meals.
Be an elementary school (serving Grades Pre-K through 6).
Serve the fresh fruits or vegetables outside of any other child nutrition program (school lunch, breakfast or afterschool snack program).
Complete an annual application.
However, because of USDA funding limitations, meeting these qualifications isn't a guarantee that all schools will be approved.
Although FFVP is a USDA program, money to support this effort is allocated through the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). For the 2019-2020 school year, 131 Indiana schools have been awarded funds — including 34 IPS schools.
The FFVP guidelines also include a caveat, specifically for elementary schools that also serve Grades 7-8. The program is only available to students in Grades Pre-K through 6, which means approved IPS elementary schools that also serve Grades 7-8 will have to exempt middle-schoolers from the program.
"Over the past couple of years, we have increased the fresh fruit and vegetable choices available to students during breakfast and lunch each day," said Dena Bond, IPS Food Service director. "This exposure to a large variety of fruits and vegetables allows students to build healthy eating habits at an early age."
"While the changes do affect the snacks that we give to students at some schools throughout the day, students will still receive their daily fruit and veggie requirements through the district's free breakfast and lunch program," said Dena Bond.
Schools Approved for 2019-2020 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
Anna Brochhausen School 88
Arlington Woods School 99
Brookside School 54
Carl Wilde School 79
Charles Warren Fairbanks School 105
Christian Park School 82
Clarence Farrington School 61
Daniel Webster School 46
Edison School of the Arts 47
Eleanor Skillen School 34
Emma Donnan Elementary School
Ernie Pyle School 90
Floro Torrence School 83
Francis Bellamy School 102
Francis W. Parker School 56
George S. Buck School 94
George W. Julian School 57
James A. Garfield School 31
James Russell Lowell School 51
James Whitcomb Riley School 43
Jonathan Jennings School 109
Lew Wallace School 107
Louis B. Russell School Jr. 48
Meredith Nicholson School 96
Paul I. Miller School 114
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58
Raymond F. Brandes School 65
Robert Lee Frost School 106
Stephen Foster School 67
SUPER School 19
Theodore Potter School 74
Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School
William McKinley School 39
William Penn School 49
For more information on the USDA's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, contact Tenisha Shouse at shouset@myips.org.
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