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Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Services

Welcome to the homepage of Department of Education /Child Nutrition Services. The office team is responsible for, After School Snack Program, Food Distribution, Special Milk Program, National Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, and Summer Food Service Program. This office in general provides technical assistance, conducts reviews and provides training in many areas.

New programs and initiatives are added all the time.  Feel free to contact the office with any questions.

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE NEW FRESH FRUIT VEGTABLE PROGRAM (FFVP)??

Food Warnings and Recalls

CLAIM FORM SYSTEM

 

Meet the Staff

Jim Rier  

Policy Director/Team Leader, School Support Systems; Personnel Relations, Administration issues. 624-6842

 
Walter Beesley picture

School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, Computer Information, School reviews; Computerized Assistance Claim Forms, Labor Analysis, Kitchen Construction, Direct Certification, USDA Commodity, SFS. 624-6875

 
Gail Lombardi

School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, Summer Food Service Program, Fresh Fruit Vegetable Program, Nutrient Standard Menu Planning, Offer vs. Serve, Summer Milk Program, Wellness, Team Nutrition. 624-6876

 
David Hartley
 HACCP, USDA Commodity Processing, Warehouse Contracts, Verification, Financial Record keeping, Newsletters and Accountability.624-6878
     
Anne Littlefield

Commodity Coordinator ; Food Distribution Program, Commodity Allocations, Disaster Relief. 624-6882

 

 
Nanci Stitt-Kittredge Nanci Stitt-Kittredge

Claims, Claim Revisions, SFS IDs and Passwords, financial reporting, policy packet, bills and  invoices. 624-6877


Sandy St. Michel      picture not available

Support Staff ; Reviews, General information, School Nutrition Programs, Registration for Meetings. 624-6843

 
Amy Webb picture not available Support Staff; Commodity Allocations, Food Distribution, Meeting Registrations. 624-6842

 

Staff pictures were an option, not all pictures are available!

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Facts about the Maine Food Service Programs for

School Year 2007

 

Fact

 Amount
Lunches served Total
18,623,106
Lunches served Free 7,381,127
Lunches served Reduced 1,755,041
Lunches served Full Price 9,486,938
Breakfasts Served Total
5,757,012
Breakfast served Free 3,559.692
Breakfast served Reduced 540,966
breakfast served Full 1,656354
After School Snacks Served Total
311,488
After School Snacks Served Free 237,949
After School Snacks Served Reduced 10,175
After School Snacks Served Paid 63,364
Milk Served in Milk Program Total
236,002
Milk Served in Milk Program Free 118,955
Milk Served in Milk Program Paid 117,047
Milk served in summer program (camps Total)
64,390
National School Lunch Programs Reimbursement
$ 21,747,941
 
Summer Program Reimbursement
$ 800,052
Summer Meals Served
312,666
   
USDA commodity value offered to Agencies
$ 3,567,956



Department of Education Administrative and Information Letters

Looking for a form, look here!

Visit our other web pages for lots of information!

 

Maine Child Nutrition has a list serve!!!

All Food Service Directors and managers must be on the Child Nutrition List Serve to remain current. This is the method that all announcements of regulation changes, meetings, late checks and other current topics are shared with all. The list serve is for Maine Food Service staff. The list is not given out to anyone and vendors are not members. DOE staff does control the membership and the posting. This should be a resource to all. If you should change your address you will need to register with the list serve again. maintaining the current email status is the responsibility of the members.

 

            To join the list serve, go to: http://mailman.informe.org/mailman/list info/child.nutrition, enter your email address, name and district information. You will then get emails regarding current topics from our office. This is only available to Maine food service staff. No public or vendors interested are members.

            To post a message on the list serve send the posting as an email to Child.Nutrition@lists.maine.gov. The email will then be approved by the State Agency and State Agency Staff and everyone on the list serve will receive your message and respond to it. Just remember, keep your posting “ABC” appropriate, brief and clear. 

OFFICE HOURS

 

Main Line

Monday-Friday

7:00 – 5:00
Consultants Monday- Friday 7:30-5:00

Accounting

 Monday -Thursday 7:00-3:30

 

 

Food Distribution

 Monday-Thursday

6:30 - 5:00

Friday 8:00-5:00

 

The DOE/CNS (Department of Education / Child Nutrition Services) office hours are as planned. Coverage is planned for the full work week, but on occasions personal appointments and vacations require us to be away from our desks. All phones have voice mail so leave us a message with a phone number when when are not available.

Child Nutrition Services

23 State House Station

Augusta Maine,04333

area code 207

624-6842 or 624-6843

fax 624-6841

 

Non-Discriminatory Statement
Maine Department of Education, Child Nutrition Services

Federal
            This institution will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC 2000d et seq.), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 USC 1681 et seq.), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 USC 6101 et seq.); all provisions required by the implementation regulations of the Department of Agriculture; Department of Justice Enforcement Guidelines, 28 CFR Part S0.3 and 42; and FNS directives and guidelines, to the effect that, no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age , or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or otherwise be subject to discrimination under any program or activity for which the program applicant receives Federal financial assistance from FNS; and hereby gives assurance that it will immediately take measures necessary to effectuate this agreement. 

State
            This institution is an equal opportunity provider. In accordance with State law this institution is prohibited from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
To file a complaint of discrimination, write Maine Department of Education, Civil Rights Officer, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME. 04333, or call (207)624-6820. Maine is an equal opportunity provider and employer.