With Friends, Inc. (hereto referred to as the Residential Child Care Institute) is committed to the optimal development of every student. The Residential Child Care Institute (RCCI) believes that for runaway and homeless youth to have the opportunity to achieve personal, academic, developmental, and social success, we need to encourage a lifetime of healthy eating for each youth by providing free meals to youth that are nutritious, appealing, and served by caring professionals in a pleasant environment.
Food and Nutrition
Food is not available for sale or marketing on With Friends campus. Free meals to all runaway and homeless youth that are nutritious, appealing, and served by caring professionals in a pleasant environment. Menus are required to adhere to federal meal regulations and available by clicking on the following links:
Menu – pfd download
Breakfast – Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP), FNS of USDA
- Milk
- Fruit
- Grain
Lunch – Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP), FNS of USDA
- Milk
- Fruit
- Vegetable
- Meat/Meat Alternate
- Grain
3pm Snack – A Kids Cafe, Second Harvest Food Bank
- 2 components of 4 components (milk, fruit/vegetable, grain, meat/meat alternate)
Supper – Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP), FNS of USDA
- Milk
- Fruit
- Vegetable
- Meat/Meat Alternate
- Grain
8pm Snack – A Kids Cafe, Second Harvest Food Bank
- 2 components of 4 components (milk, fruit/vegetable, grain, meat/meat alternate)
Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP) – Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Depart. of Agriculture (FNS of USDA)
- Ensuring Children and Adults Have Access to Nutritious Meals and Snacks
- The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federal program that provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating child care centers, day care homes, and adult day care centers. CACFP also provides reimbursements for meals served to children and youth participating in afterschool care programs, children residing in emergency shelters, and adults over the age of 60 or living with a disability and enrolled in day care facilities. CACFP contributes to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children and adults in the United States.
A Kids Café – Second Harvest Food Bank
- Provides
free meals, snacks and nutrition education to at-risk children.
With Friends, Inc. is committed to providing environments that promote a positive culture of health and wellness and protects the health and well-being of runaway and homeless youth and staff, and to practices that reduce childhood hunger and enhance youths’ ability to learn by supporting healthy eating, physical activity, a tobacco and drug-free culture and the development of life long physical and mental wellness practices.
Evidence-Based Practices:
- Choose MyPlate
- Let’s Move
- Fuel Up to Play 60
Promotions:
- Culture of Nutrition
- Chopped
- Kids Baking Star
- Food With Friends Star
Non-Discrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on
the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual
orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons
with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program
information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should
contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s
TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online
at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-ComplaintForm-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866)
632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the
complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the
alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil
Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The
completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
email:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
