About the School Year Enrollment Process

In order to participate in the School Nutrition Programs, Organizations must submit an Application Packet to the State for review and approval.  A new Application Packet must be submitted and approved at the beginning of each year. For Organizations that are completing this process as part of their “annual update,” certain information from the previous year’s applications rolls over into the new program year.  The Organization may modify this data for the new program year or keep the prior year’s data for use in the current application.

Submitting an Application Packet

The Organization can submit the Application Packet to the State once all required applications, applicable online forms (e.g., Food Service Management Company contract and Community Eligibility Provision), and supporting documents identified on the checklist are completed and saved without errors.

In order to be able to submit an Application Packet, the packet must contain:

·       A completed Organization Application with no errors.

·       At least one completed SNP Site Application with no errors.

·       All items in the Checklist are identified as submitted to MDE with a submitted date.

·       If the Organization had identified on their SNP Organization Application that they would be using a Food Safety Management Company, the packet must contain at least one Food Service Management Company contract with a status of “Submitted”.

·       If the Organization had identified on their SNP Organization Application that they would be participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), the packet must contain a completed CEP Schedule with a status of “Submitted”.

Once the Application Packet has been submitted to the State for approval, the packet history section of the Application Packet screen will display the event and the packet status changes to Submitted for Approval.