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Except as provided below, you may freely use the text and information contained in this document for non-profit or educational use with no cost to the participant for the training, provided the appropriate credit is given. These materials may not be incorporated into other websites or textbooks and may not be sold. All links provided in this report are accurate and correct at the time of publishing. However, given the constant dynamism of live websites and content updates, some of them could change and stop working soon after the publishing of this report. Photos provided by USFA. Graphics created by Partners for Public Good. Acknowledgments We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who contributed to the successful completion of this report. First and foremost, we thank the school business officials, school food authorities, and school nutrition staff that participated in this survey and shared their experiences working to feed the nation's children. We are also grateful to the cooperative agreement's Advisory Procurement Workgroup and the State Agency Subcommittee for their invaluable guidance, support, and feedback throughout the process. Their expertise and initial brainstorming informed parts of this survey and their subsequent communications made sure this survey reached many US states and territories. We are also grateful to all the state agencies (Departments of Agriculture and Education administering state Child Nutrition Programs) that shared this survey with their school food authorities and to the ASBOIntl state associations that shared the survey with their school business officials. Special thanks to Sybelle VanAntwerp, Whitney Teal, and Jessica Endaya Keefer at Partners for Public Good for their contributions in research, copyediting, and design of this report. Lastly, we appreciate the time and attention of all readers, and we welcome any further feedback or discussion regarding this report.
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