Nutrition Assistance
Special Milk Program (SMP)
What Is The Special Milk Program (SMP)?
- It provides milk to children in schools, child care institutions and eligible camps that do not participate in any other Federal child nutrition meal service programs.
- The program reimburses schools and institutions for the milk they serve.
- In 2006, 4,998 schools and residential child care institutions participated, along with 844 summer camps and 573 non-residential child care institutions.
- Schools in the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Programs may also participate in the SMP to provide milk to children in half-day prekindergarten and kindergarten programs where children do not have access to the school meal programs.
- It is a federally funded program operated nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered at the State level by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE).
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What Types Of Milk Can Be Offered?
- Schools or institutions may choose pasteurized fluid types of unflavored or flavored
whole milk, low-fat milk, skim milk, and cultured buttermilk that meet State and local standards.
- All milk should contain vitamins A and D at levels specified by the Food and Drug Administration.
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