Cultivating Communities

of Wellness Outside the School Day

March 2014

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Jodi Risse MS,RDSupervisor

Food and Nutrition Services

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Undergraduate Degree in Dietetics

Masters Degree in Marketing

Registered/Licensed Dietitian

27 years of experience

20 year in AACPS, 6 years as Supervisor

I’m a Mom of two elementary school age

children

Risse Girls

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Located in Annapolis, Maryland

School Sites – 118

Student Enrollment – 79,000

Free and Reduced-Price Eligibility – 31.84%

Projected Revenue – 26 million dollars

Breakfast ADP – 12,660

Lunch ADP – 27,167

Afterschool Meals FY13 – 63,769

Summer Meals FY13 – 86,692

AACPS History

Dinner Program Began October 2011

Reach 13 sites in SY 11/12

Expand to 15 sites in SY 12/13

Convert all after school snack programs to dinner

Increase sites for SY 13/14

Evaluate program

Adjust menu and process to reach additional

students

Dinner Meals

Began with one site in October 2011 and

expanded to 13 sites in the first year

Added 2 additional sites in the second

year of the program Continue to evaluate eligible sites

Convert all snack programs to dinner programs

Expand program to serve 23 sites this

year Evaluate new possibilities

Dinner Meals

Dinner Meals continue to expand

SY 11/12 served 42,374 meals

SY 12/13 served 62,769 meals

SY 13/14 year to date offered 54,590 meals and still

serving

Dinner Financials

Federal Reimbursement SY 11/12 - $2.99

SY 12/13 - $3.08

SY 13/14 - $3.16

Total Revenue SY 11/12 - $126,804

SY 12/13 - $196,886

SY 13/14 - $172,641 YTD

Dinner Success

Community Partnerships

School Site Expansion

Media Outreach

Cross Agency Collaboration

Interoffice Cooperation

Dinner Challenges

Lack of student programming

Training of staff

Development of procedures

Menu selection

Staff vacancies

Outside agency support

Next Steps….

Review all eligible sites

Meet with community partners

Reach out to all student clubs

Media outreach through cross agency

collaboration

AACPS History

Summer Meals Program Offered Summer Meals for years

Limited summer program to school sites

Began summer meals as NSLP

Transitioned into Seamless Summer Program

After much hesitation made the switch to Summer

Food Service Program

Summer Meals

Began with limited access and

programming many years ago offering

meals only through Seamless Summer

2007 offered 22,877 meals through the Seamless

Summer Program

2008 offered 20,498 meals through the Seamless

Summer Program

Summer Meals

Evaluated the possibility of Summer Food

Service Program

Unsure about paperwork, compliance and

implementation 2009 offered 25,297 meals

2010 offered 46,783 meals

2011 offered 58,569 meals

2012 offered 66,317 meals

2013 offered 86,692 meals

Summer Financials Federal Reimbursement Summer 2012 - $3.38 lunch, $1.93 breakfast

Summer 2013 - $3.47 lunch, $1.98 breakfast

Total Revenue Summer 2012 - $189,468

Summer 2013 - $245,400

Summer Success Community Partnerships Recreation and Parks

School Outreach Open Sites

Media Outlets

Cross Agency Collaboration Healthy Anne Arundel

Interoffice Collaboration Mobile Meals – additional bus route

Mobile Meals Video

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/education/Mobile-Meals-program-

feeds-needy-Anne-Arundel-Co-students/-/9379316/15417574/-/vemefa/-

/index.html#.UnfGg1_M42c.email

Summer Challenges

Reaching students not in school

Eating at open sites

Children unable to leave home if alone

Enrolled in programs but still not

attending

Menu and delivery

Parent Involvement

Delivery and/or pick up of meals

Next Steps…. Community Partnerships

Expand to area eligible locations without programming

School Outreach

Additional Open Sites

Once site offers summer meals expand to dinner if possible during school year

Cross Agency Collaboration

Library Services

Faith Based Community

Strengthen Extending Partnerships

Interoffice Collaboration

Mobile Meals

Thank You