Audit Report 27010-06-KC, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Wildwood, Inc

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) Questions and Answers School Level Q #1: Are FFVP schools still allowed to use 10% of their funding for administrative purposes? A: Yes, schools can retain 10% for administrative costs. Q#2: What is the highest grade considered to be elementary? Is it Grade 6 or Grade 8? A: An elementary school is defined as however the State (not the National School Lunch Program [NSLP] state agency [SA], but the Department of Education [DOE]) defines elementary. If the State DOE defines K-5 as elementary, then the highest grade thconsidered would be the 5 grade. Q#3: Since only elementary schools are eligible under the Farm Bill, may the K-12 schools still participate because we picked them before passage of the Farm Bill? A: The elementary grades from K-12 schools can be selected, but a school must have a physical plant set up in a way that the elementary students can be offered FFVs separately from the older, high school setting. This might not be too difficult, as the FFVP in elementary schools has frequently used carts to distribute fruits and vegetables to the classroom. The elementary grades in a K-12 school would have to be broken out and their free and reduced percentages of enrollment for those grades would have to be calculated so that they could be properly ranked. Such schools that express a desire to participate and are determined to be eligible through the selection process ...