• Welcome to the Child Nutrition Department!

     

    Our focus at Carman-Ainsworth Child Nutrition is to provide nutritious meals to students. Our department has a well-trained staff dedicated to providing quality meals within the guidelines set by the United States Department of Agriculture. Please feel free to contact the Child Nutrition Office should you have any questions or concerns.

    Students need healthy meals to learn. Carman-Ainsworth offers healthy meals every school day. Continuing into the 2024-2025 school year, we will be participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as part of the National School Lunch Program. Under this initiative, one free breakfast and one free lunch will be provided to all enrolled Carman-Ainsworth students at no cost.

    In place of the Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application, we ask your household to fill out, sign, and return the Education Benefits Form (formerly named the Household Information Report) to your students’ school or to the Food Service Department.  Forms are located in school offices or online at carman.familyportal.cloud. This form is critical in determining the amount of money C-A receives from a variety of State and Federal supplemental programs like; Title I A, At-risk (31a), Title II A, E- Rate, etc. These supplemental programs offer support and services to our students.

    Menus, nutritional information, and other information are located at www.carman.k12.mi.us.

    Parents/Guardians have the option to put money in their student’s accounts to purchase second lunches or a la carte items, no charging allowed.

     

    Jennifer A. Yee, SNS
    Child Nutrition Director
    810-591-3220
    jyee@carmanainsworth.org

     

     

    In accordance with Federal 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 (including gender identity and sexual orientation), age, disability, and 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 for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, and 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:

    mail:

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    1400 Independence Avenue, SW

    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410

     

    or fax: (833)256-1665 or (202) 690-7442

     

    or email: program.intake@usda.gov.

     

    This institution is an equal opportunity provider.