5/3/2022 School Nutrition Association Recognizes Award Recipients In celebration of School Lunch Hero Day (Friday, May 6), SNA recognizes the widespread efforts of school nutrition professionals across the country who ensure all students have access to healthy meals.
3/9/2022 School Meal Programs in Peril SNA is pleading for Congress to take immediate action to extend pandemic waivers for school meal programs, following news that the omnibus spending bill fails to include expected waiver extensions, which had widespread, bipartisan support.
3/3/2022 National School Breakfast Week: March 7-11 Next week, schools across the country will recognize National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) with the “Take Off with School Breakfast” campaign
3/1/2022 SNA’s Legislative Action Conference, Mar. 6-8 Nearly 700 school nutrition professionals will attend LAC and urge Congress to extend pandemic child nutrition waivers.
2/4/2022 USDA Acknowledges School Meal Challenges in New Rule SNA praised USDA for recognizing tremendous challenges facing school meal programs in its release of transitional nutrition standards through SY 2023/24. SNA is urging Congress to provide additional support by authorizing child nutrition waiver extensions through SY 2022/23.
1/27/2022 SNF Partners with No Kid Hungry on Supply Chain Disruptions As school meal programs nationwide face cancelled orders, shortages of foods and supplies, and labor challenges, the School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) and No Kid Hungry are teaming up to help school nutrition professionals manage persistent supply chain disruptions.
1/11/2022 SNA Releases 2022 Position Paper SNA is calling on Congress to immediately extend pandemic child nutrition waivers through School Year (SY) 2022/23 and take steps to permanently support school meal programs severely impacted by supply chain, financial and regulatory challenges.
12/17/2021 SNA Welcomes USDA Supply Chain Funds SNA applauded USDA’s distribution of $1.5 billion in supply chain assistance funds for schools through USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
12/8/2021 School Meal Programs Grapple with Supply Chain Fallout A new SNA survey reveals extensive impacts of supply chain and staffing challenges on school meal programs' financial and operational sustainability.
10/13/2021 Schools Go Wild for National School Lunch Week Schools across the country are recognizing National School Lunch Week, October 11-15, with the “WILD About School Lunch” campaign.