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Criteria for Maintaining Active Participation

Shaping Health as Partners in Education (SHAPE) California agencies agree to support the mission of SHAPE California by implementing comprehensive nutrition services that promote our children's health and readiness to learn. To maintain integrity, an agency's continued participation is based on a commitment to active implementation of the SHAPE California approach by at least three partners (two representing different departments within the district/agency and one community partner); participation in approved SHAPE California regional meetings; attend a minimum of two SHAPE quarterly conference calls; and annual submission of the SHAPE Letter of Commitment.
  1. SHAPE California Letter of Commitment (link)
    for all new and continuing agencies

To offer healthy meals, SHAPE California agencies may use any of the approved SHAPE California and/or the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) menu planning option. The menu planning options that can be used are:

School districts may use any one and/or a combination of these menu planning options. They may also use one option for breakfast and another for lunch. Only SHAPE California agencies may use SHAPE NSMP or SHAPE ANSMP.

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Questions: Heather Reed | hreed@cde.ca.gov | 916-323-3581 
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