Resources

• Advisory Council for School Nutrition (ACSN)
• Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM)
• Charter Schools
• Child Nutrition Reauthorization
  • Child Nutrition Reauthorization - Tip Sheet
• Civil Rights
• Colorado School Nutrition Association (CSNA)
• Data Requests - Frequently Requested Information
• Dietetic Internship Rotation
• Emergency Feeding
• Farm to School
• Financial
• Food Safety/Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• Free and Reduced Price Eligibility Data (October 1 Count)
  • Choose from State, District or School Data
• Grants and Awards
  • Equipment Grants
  • Team Nutrition Training Grant
  • Other School Wellness Funding and Award Opportunities
• Healthy Beverages Policy

• Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN)
• Menu Planning
• Offer vs. Serve
• Pre-K Meal Pattern
• Procurement
• Professional Standards for School Nutrition Professionals Resources
• Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs)
• Resource Lending Library
• School Breakfast Program - Resources Page
• School Food Professional - Job Opportunities 
• School Wellness and Local School Wellness Policies
• Seamless Summer Option (SSO)
  • SSO Monitoring Form
• Smarter Lunchrooms Movement
• Smart Snacks and Competitive Foods
  • Healthy Beverages Policy
• Special Dietary Needs

State Agency Partners

• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) 
  • For more information on the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) within child care centers/family child care, adult day care programs, afterschool programs and the supper program
• Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) - USDA Foods 
  • The Food Distribution Programs unit facilitates the ordering and distribution of USDA Foods (formerly "commodities") to decrease school nutrition and summer food service program costs.

Brochures and Fact Sheets

• Child Nutrition Programs - Overview (pdf)
• Child Nutrition Reauthorization - Tip Sheet
• Office of School Nutrition Fact Sheets and FAQs
  • State Funding for Reduced Price Meals Fact Sheet
  • School Nutrition Program Fact Sheet
• Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) Brochures:
  • Parent Brochure - English | Spanish (PDF)
  • Teacher Brochure  - PDF | Word
  • Administrator Brochure  - PDF | Word
  • School Meal Standards Fact Sheet  - PDF | Word
• USDA Food and Nutrition Services - Program Fact Sheet

Communications

• Nutrition Communications
• CDE Documents