Region One ESC Food & Nutrition Program

05/22/2020

Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) Due to COVID-19 | Texas Health and Human Services

Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) is a one-time food benefit for families who lost access to free or reduced-price meals due to school closures. Eligible P-EBT families will receive application instructions from schools in late May. The P-EBT application will open the first week of June.

P-EBT food benefits are for children who received SNAP food benefits for March 2020 and children who are certified for free or reduced-price school meals during the 2019-20 Texas school year. For more information, visit: hhs.texas.gov/PEBT

https://hhs.texas.gov/…/cor…/pandemic-ebt-p-ebt-due-covid-19

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05/07/2020

Sharyland ISD

Sharyland ISD

Come join us for curbside meals today! 11:00-1:00 at Bentsen and Jensen Elementary and Pioneer High School. Today we are distributing one hot lunch, one cold lunch and 2 breakfasts. 🚗🍏🍎🚙

05/01/2020

On behalf of the Food and Nutrition Team at Region One and our Executive Director, Dr. Cornelio Gonzalez, we want to let you know how much you and staff are appreciated for feeding and serving the communities and those that need it most during these trying times. Your efforts do not go unnoticed. Our most sincerest appreciation for your hard work.

Click and watch video below featuring child nutrition professionals across Region One area…

04/30/2020

Brownsville ISD awarded $14,000 grant to help run meal pick-ups more efficiently

Brownsville ISD featured a week ago in KRGV for receiving $14,000 grant to help CNP Staff server their community during these uncertain times. Way to go BISD! 👏
https://www.krgv.com/news/brownsville-isd-awarded-14-000-grant-to-help-run-meal-pick-ups-more-efficiently/

BROWNSVILLE – Thousands of dollars are on its way to the Brownsville Independent School District to help feed families.

04/28/2020

Opinion: Why reopening schools will be harder than shutting them down

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-learns-reopening-schools-will-be-harder-than-closures-as/

From Denmark’s preschool-to-Grade 5 model to Australia and Scotland’s alternating days, planners weigh a dizzying range of policy options

04/21/2020

Hidalgo ISD at its best...distributing 5 day kit meals to their community today! Way to go CNP, keep up the good work! 👍

04/20/2020

Rio Hondo ISD stepping up serving grab n go meals for the community! Thank you CNP for supporting families! 👍

04/20/2020

Laredo ISD is keeping up with Grab N Go meals for the community! Thank you Laredo for supporting your community! 👍

04/20/2020

Rio Grande City CISD also leading with example like many other districts, serving meals to their community! Thank you! 👍

04/20/2020

Thank you McAllen ISD for providing meals to the McAllen Community! Keep up the good work! 👍

04/20/2020

Thank you Harlingen CISD for keeping up the with the meals for the community! 👍

04/20/2020

Brownsville ISD distributing meals via curbside to district community! Thank you for your support!

04/20/2020

Awesome Job Idea Public Schools! Let's keep on providing for our communities! 👍

03/26/2020

Horizon Montessori Public Schools checking in... serving the community with their Grab and Go meals!! Thank you!!

03/26/2020

schoolmealfinder.hoonuit.com

Parent Meal Finder Map

Texas parents can now visit the TXSchools.gov MealFinder Map to find locations near them where local school systems are offering free school meals—both breakfast and lunch—for pick-up while school buildings are closed because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Launched by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in partnership with the Office of the Governor and Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the TXSchools.gov MealFinder Map is designed to help parents and students easily find school meals during the unprecedented disruption to schools caused by COVID-19.
Once parents go to the site, they click “Meal Pick-Up Locations” to bring up a map of locations. Parents can type their address, and the map will zoom into meal pick-up locations that are up and running near them.

https://schoolmealfinder.hoonuit.com/?filter_state=tx%3Flang%3Den

03/25/2020

Sharyland ISD helping the community serving Grab & Go meals to students and children! Thumbs Up! 👍👍

03/25/2020

Hidalgo ISD Grab & Go Meals for the kiddos yesterday! Kudos, keep up the good work!👍

03/25/2020

Laredo ISD at it's best, Grab & Go meals for the students/children of the community! Thanks! 👍👏

03/25/2020

Hats off 👏 to United ISD San Isidro and Muller Elementary's for serving their students/children Grab & Go!

03/24/2020

Edinburg CISD Child Nutrition feeding the community via the Curbside Meal Pickup Program! Kudos!!

03/24/2020

Donna ISD Child Nutrition working Grab & Go for the community! Thumbs Up and keep up the good work!!👍👍

03/24/2020

Thumbs up 👍 to IDEA Public Schools for supporting the community with Grab & Go!

03/24/2020

Kudos to Rio Grande City CISD Child Nutrition Program... Grab & Go, feeding children during these difficult times!!

03/22/2020

Texas parents can now visit the TXSchools.gov MealFinder Map to find locations near them where local school systems are offering free school meals—both breakfast and lunch—for pick-up while school buildings are closed because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Launched by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in partnership with the Office of the Governor and Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), the TXSchools.gov MealFinder Map is designed to help parents and students easily find school meals during the unprecedented disruption to schools caused by COVID-19.
Once parents go to the site, they click “Meal Pick-Up Locations” to bring up a map of locations. Parents can type their address, and the map will zoom into meal pick-up locations that are up and running near them.
School systems around the state have responded to coronavirus with an outpouring of compassion and operational excellence. In less than 8 days since the first school closures were announced, more than 1,000 schools have launched Meal Pick-Up Locations. That number is expected to rise daily, so parents should check back on TXSchools.gov next week and the week after as more and more meal locations are launched.
In terms of terms of eligibility, TDA has provided extensive guidance to help school systems, based on federal rules. In locations where more than 50 percent of students are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch, free meals can be made available for every child who visits the meal site. In places below that threshold, closed enrolled sites can be established to target individually eligible students.
With Governor Greg Abbott’s issuance of an Executive Order on Thursday to temporarily close schools statewide through April 3, Texas is taking the lead to ensure that our students will continue to have uninterrupted access to meals, no matter how long school campuses are closed. We all remain committed first and foremost to the health and safety of our students, families, and communities.

03/22/2020

Region One ESC Food & Nutrition Program's cover photo

03/19/2020

Region One ESC1 - School Nutrition And Fitness

Our office is working remotely to assist all districts in completing their application to participate in Summer Seamless Option or Summer Food Service Program to provide meals to students during a school closure.

If your districts need assistance please email one of the specialist. You can find contact information by going to our web page:
https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=1497280272212

10/16/2019

Day 1 - Oct. 15th - 2019 Administrator's Conference! ** Thank You Dr. Edith Treviño **

10/15/2019

Preparing for our 2019 FNP Administrator's Conference @ SPI Convention Centre! 🎉

08/28/2019

School district gets state award for nutrition program

Congratulations to Judy Baker (CNP Director) and CNP Staff from Harlingen CISD for their TDA "Best of the Bunch" Award! Keep up the good work! 🎉👍🎉

https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2019/08/27/school-district-gets-state-award-for-nutrition-program/

HARLINGEN — Kids don’t just stop eating when school lets out for the summer. Neither does the Harlingen school district stop feeding them. The district this summer made a vigorous effort to provide balanced meals to local school kids and teaching them about proper nutrition. Those efforts caught...

07/24/2019

***CONSTRUCTION UPDATE***
Region One ESC is excited to announce the construction of the Region One Conference Center, a 1,200-seat capacity auditorium style facility, that will allow us to better serve our school districts and provide expanded learning opportunities.

Construction is set to get underway in August 2019, check here for parking and building entrance information: https://www.esc1.net/ConstructionUpdate.

06/22/2019

Food conference offers inspiration for school menus - The Monitor

Our 2019 FNP Summer Conference inspiring the RGV.... Special thanks to our instructors and volunteers who made possible the successful completion of this conference. We hope that all participants had a great learning experience!
https://www.themonitor.com/2019/06/21/food-conference-offers-inspiration-school-menus/

EDINBURG — The aroma of chopped onions, tomatoes and garlic in Italian seasoning permeated throughout the room as the mixture sizzled in olive oil, at a cooking demonstration Thursday at the Region One Education Service Center. Two representatives from Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD food demonstrated th...

06/20/2019

2019 FNP Summer Conference

06/20/2019

Enjoying...Child Nutrition Knowledge at our 2019 FNP Summer Conference.....

06/20/2019

More from our 2019 FNP Summer Conference...

06/20/2019

At the 2019 FNP Summer Conference...Fun and Learning!!!