Verification If your Verification information has not been submitted in TX-UNPS, in accordance with federal regulations we could hold all future claims submitted by your LEA until the necessary documentation is received and approved. The Verification Report can be found in TX-UNPS by clicking on Applications, Verification Report and Modify. Please submit your information by February 22, 2012.  >>

$650,000 is Available for Child Care Facilities Texas was awarded grant funding from USDA for projects aimed at improving the health and nutrition of children in child care settings. This grant established the Texas CACFP Child Care Wellness Grant Program which funds Farm to Child Care (FTC) and Breastfeeding Supportive Child Care Practices (BSP) projects in CACFP child care centers and day care homes across the state.  >>

Celebrate Breakfast Week with Breakfast Olympics The School Nutrition Association theme for the 2012 School Breakfast Week, March 5-9, is Go for Gold. Texas is taking this theme one step further with Breakfast Olympics; a fun way to encourage students to Go for Gold and eat a healthy breakfast.more  >>

Green Valley Food Corporation Product Recall (Posted 1/3/2012) Green Valley Food Corp. is recalling approximately 35,159 cases of a variety of products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products are non-USDA Foods.  >>

Guidance on Paid Lunch Equity and Revenue from Nonprogram Foods SP 39-2011 - Guidance on Paid Lunch Equity and Revenue from Nonprogram Foods and Attachment to SP 39-2011, the Excel-based tool with user instructions that SFAs may use to determine the current average price for paid lunches and the new average paid lunch price requirement of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.  >>

Eligibility of Displaced Students and Hosting Families due to Wildfires Students displaced by wildfires are considered homeless, regardless of their previous eligibility. Click for details.  >>

2011-12 CRE Schedule The Texas Department of Agriculture School Operations Unit has released the list of School Food Authorities (SFAs) to be reviewed in 2011-12 the school year.  >>