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Latest News for School Nutrition Programs
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Published: 23 days ago
School Year 2025-2026
• Round 1 is complete. WBSCM requisitions are either associated with truckload sales order numbers or are blank, meaning they have been canceled.
• Requests for USDA Foods can be tracked using the WBSCM Requisition Status Report. Pricing fluctuations will continue until items reach "Purchased" status.
• WBSCM Round 2 catalogs for direct delivery items are open and will close on Friday, May 23, 2025, at the close of business. This may be the final opportunity to bring in cases of USDA Foods for PY 26 to utilize your Planned Assistance Level (PAL) funds.
• Gold Star Foods will utilize a new warehouse in Fort Worth for the upcoming school year. TDA has updated all SY26 requisitions to reflect this change.
• If you opted into the DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program, this will be displayed on your WBSCM Entitlement/Bonus Summary report. TDA will load these funds into FFAVORS in late June. Unspent values in WBSCM cannot be moved to increase DoD Fresh program funds.
• The current rate of assistance published by USDA is 45 cents per meal. Initial PY 26 Planned Assistance Level (PAL) information is available in WBSCM reports under the Entitlement/Bonus Summary Report.
• Refer to the Resources page on www.squaremeals.org, Food Distribution Program for NSLP, for helpful information regarding ordering USDA Foods.
School Year 2024-2025
• DoD Fresh FFV Program Participants:
• Please remember to complete receipts in FFAVORS for each delivery within two business days of the delivery date.
• TDA monitors the monthly utilization of DoD funds in FFAVORS to ensure proper use of entitlements. To maximize your DoD entitlement, SFAs should spend, at minimum, 10% of their funds per month. SFAs who have not been utilizing funds may risk redistribution.
• Final 8 weeks: If you identify that you cannot deplete all PY 25 funds by the last open ordering date, June 18, 2025, please email commodityoperations@texasagriculture.gov so TDA can reduce and redistribute funds to other PY 25 participants.
• Please check your user accounts in WBSCM to ensure that appropriate SFA staff are active, have the correct roles assigned, and that their email addresses are up to date.
• Sales orders in "Order Received" status are available at your contracted warehouse and must be placed on a delivery schedule as soon as possible.
• Please check with your contracted warehouse if you need any available surplus.
For questions regarding USDA Foods, please contact your respective Education Service Center Child Nutrition representative(s) for guidance, training, and technical assistance in WBSCM.
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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
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1. Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
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