Key Information
for Participants:
Although the Child
Nutrition (CN) Programs are not intended to be disaster assistance
programs, CN policies are designed to allow State agencies flexibility
in program administration in areas covered by a
Presidential disaster declaration.
School and child care
nutrition programs are dependent upon congregate settings,
and FNS has authority to operate these programs only when children are
in attendance. Thus, in situations where a natural disaster has
occurred, yet children are still able to congregate in schools or
child care centers, FNS provides administrative accommodations to ensure
continuation of meal program benefits.
These administrative
accommodations are made possible through the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (PL 100-707). Section 301 of
the Stafford Law allows any Federal agency charged with the
administration of a Federal assistance program , if so requested by the
applicant State or local authorities, to modify or waive, for a major
disaster, such administrative conditions as would otherwise prevent the
giving of assistance, if the inability to meet such
conditions is a result of the major disaster.
Accommodations are
situation-specific and are based on
State agency's recommendations for providing relief to individual School Food Authorities and/or
child care institutions.
