Food Distribution Program Overview

The Food Distribution Program (FDP) portion of the Child Nutrition system enables program participants and Arizona Department of Education (ADE) staff to administer the FDP through programs accessed over the Internet.

Program participants can use the Child Nutrition system to:

Order or refuse commodities.
Submit Group B planned usage surveys and processing surveys.

ADE staff can use the Child Nutrition system to:

Approve or deny program applications.
Order commodities.
Coordinate processing.
Post Notices of Arrival (NOAs) allocations to participants.
Process Group B planned usage surveys and processing surveys.
Administer holds or suspensions.

Online help is not provided for the Food Distribution Program portion of the Child Nutrition System.