To ensure continuation of benefits to participants during
times of natural or other disasters, FNS has issued policy to simplify
the administrative requirements to oversee these programs on
a case-by-case basis. Some examples of interim policies during
disasters such as hurricanes Katrina and Rita were:
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In areas where there were
significant numbers of persons displaced by a disaster, the SA
approved sites to serve at-risk after school snacks without regard to the requirement to provide
“enrichment or educational” activities.
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In areas where a disaster
disrupted the normal availability of foods and it is not possible to
follow the meal pattern, SAs allowed appropriate flexibility to sponsors and
sites in meeting the meal pattern requirements.
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All reimbursable school meals
served by a school food authority to a student that was displaced or otherwise severely affected by a natural disaster
were claimed for free meal reimbursement.
Policy Memos for Hurricane
Katrina Relief
