School City of Hammond - School Nutrition And Fitness

Alternate Household Application for Free and Reduced Eligibility

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Welcome to the School City of Hammond
Department of Food & Nutrition Site!

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National School Breakfast Week- March 2-6, 2026

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The quest for School Breakfast was a success!!

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Mission Statement:
The School City of Hammond Department of Food and Nutrition provides excellent quality meals, prepared and served in a safe, sanitary, and pleasant environment, while reinforcing healthy eating patterns for students, staff, and their families.

About Us:

Our menus are nutritionally analyzed with a software program called LINQ to ensure nutritional integrity as well as full compliance with USDA regulations.
We are "self-funded" as we generate our own income from USDA meal reimbursement, and pay our own operational expenses, with no reliance on local taxpayers or the school district's general fund.
Our school kitchens are inspected twice each year by the Lake County Health Department. We proudly say that a perfect score is our norm.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the State or local Agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992.

Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410

(2) fax: (202) 690-7442

or

(3) email: [email protected].

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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