SCN - Team Nutrition

Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service which supports the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity. Team Nutrition's Goal is to improve children's lifelong eating and physical activity habits by using the principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid.

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Awards

The HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) is a voluntary initiative established in 2004 to recognize those schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have created healther school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical activitiy.  Click HERE to view a fact sheet on HUSSC or HERE to visit the USDA's HUSSC Web page for more information.

• View our Video! HealthierUS School Challenge 101: Criteria and Thoughts from Crown Point Schools

Congratulations to Indiana’s HealthierUS School Challenge mini-grant recipients!

• Indiana's 2011 Team Nutrition Mini-Grant Recipients
• Indiana's 2010 Team Nutrition Mini-Grant Recipients

To hear from Foodservice Directors who have already made the changes necessary for HUSSC, please click HERE to view videos documenting their efforts and experiences.  To view tips from award winnders, please click HERE.  Click HERE to access 2010 HUSSC Mini-grant Resources.

The Healthy Hoosier School Award honors Indiana schools that have policies and educational programs in place to promote proper nutrition and increased physical activity among their students. Please click HERE for more information.

The 2011-2012 Healthy Hoosier School Award ONLINE application is now due MAY 2, 2012. Click HERE to access the online HHSA application.

Additional Information and Resources

Indiana Team Nutrition Resources

Fact Sheets regarding the CDC's Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools:

• For Parents, Guardians, Teachers, and School Staff
• For School Boards, School Districts, and Other School Administrators
• For School Nutrition Service Personnel
• For Students

Farm to School Program

Feeding Children with Special Dietary Needs

Game On! Resource Page

One of the Indiana Team Nutrition's goals is to promote nutrition curriculum and education in schools. We have compiled a list of free resources that can be accessed by clicking on the apple to the left.
 

Eat Smart. Play Hard. offers resources and tools to convey and reinforce healthy eating and lifestyle behaviors that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid Food Guidance System. Click HERE to learn more.

For additional information regarding nutrition programs, please contact us at nutrition-support@doe.in.gov.