Alabama Special Milk Program

What Do You Need To Know?

Milk is an essential continent of a proper and healthful diet. Pure milk is full of calcium, fat, protein, iodine, potassium, phosphorus, vitamins B2, vitamin B12, and calorie etc. It plays a vital role in human growth and development. Milk is very important for bones and teeth. It is a complete rich source of calcium and important minerals. Milk is also important for muscles strength.

Deficiency of milk means deficiency of calcium, protein, iodine, and vitamins etc. Deficiency of iron leads to improper growth even stunt growth, bones, teeth and muscles problem. Milk deficiency causes serious hazards like osteoporosis and osteopenia.

What is Alabama Special Milk Program?

It is observed that many children and teens are not taking a healthful diet and even they are not able to buy pure and nutritious milk. Alabama Special Milk Program is a very beneficial and special program that offers pure and nutritious milk to the children in schools, daycare institutes and in other educational campuses.

Aims and Objective

The purpose of starting the Alabama Special Milk Program is to provide pure milk to the poor children or needy teenagers to ensure that every child of the state gets a nutritious diet because without proper diet no one is able to enjoy a healthy life.

The sole purpose of this special program is based upon a famous proverb that “A Sound body has a sound mind”. They want to provide the children or teenager a good and healthy present so that they are able to make their future bright.

Are You Eligible?

Those school and educational campus and institute able to take part in the Alabama Special Milk Program, which are not a part of other federal child nutrition meal service programs. And also the school that take part in the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Programs are also eligible to be a part of Alabama Special Milk Program.

Every child can get milk from their school on the behalf of Alabama Special Milk Program whom does not have an approach to other Child Nutrition Programs.

Requirements for Alabama Special Milk Program

Every child of the school or educational institute is able to get free milk, which belong to a poor family or family having low income. The most important requirement for Alabama special Milk Program is that applicant must be a permanent resident of Alabama State.

The applicant household income (without taxes) must be equal or smaller than the following amounts (the below amount is for standard family (family having eight members) and if there are more than eight members in a family than add $6,919 per additional person and then calculate it)

How To Apply?

If anyone wants to be a part of the Alabama Special Milk Program  than the applicant have to make contact with their child school or campus directly to know about their child educational institute that if it is a part of Alabama Special Milk Program or not.

Benefits of Alabama Special Milk Program

• The main benefit of Alabama Special Milk Program is to provide pure milk rich in vitamin A and D, which helps in the growth and development of teeth and bones.
• This program provides free of cost milk to needy and poor children.
• The government will compensate for the half-pint of milk the school or educational institute or a childcare center who is a participant of the Alabama Special Milk Program and provide free milk to the children and teenagers.
• Price of a half-pint of milk is calculated by dividing the all dollar cost of milk purchased during the whole month to the amount of half pint.
• The applicant will not pay any charges for milk provided by school, campus, institutes or daycare center.

Who administer Alabama Special Milk Program? This special milk program is managed by the Federal agency of Child Nutrition Programs.

For More Information

The state education agency will give information about anything which applicant wants to know about this Alabama Special Milk Program. An applicant is also able to know about the special milk program on the official web page of Alabama State Department of Education.

The applicant may contact with Alabama Department of Education or with the Child Nutrition Office in Montgomery.

Contact #: 334-242-8249