Food and Nutrition Services

Rapides Food and Nutrition Services Program help to ensure the children have adequate access to safe and nutritious foods. Meeting this basic need is essential to their establishment of a healthy eating pattern and development of a strong foundation for academic achievement.

Staff members provide nutrition information and program guidance to sponsors of the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Afterschool Snack Program, USDA Foods Program, among others.