Food Allergy Policy

Food allergies can be life-threatening. The risk of accidental exposure to foods can be reduced in the school settings if schools work with students, parents, and physicians to minimize risks and provide a safe environment for food allergic students.

The focus of this portion of the website is to provide information on New Haven’s Food Allergy Management Plan. The plans purpose is prevention, education, awareness, communication and emergency response. The Food Allergy Management Plan is the basis for the development of the procedural guidelines that will be implemented at the school level and provide for consistency across all schools within the district.

The goals for the district wide plan include:

• To maintain the health and protect the safety of students who have life-threatening allergies in ways that are developmentally appropriate, promote self-advocacy and competence in self-care.
  
  
• To ensure that interventions and individual health care plans for students with life-threatening food allergies are based on medically accurate information and evidence-based practices.
  
  
• To define a formal process for identifying, managing, and ensuring continuity of care for students with life-threatening food allergies from Kindergarten through grade 12.

Policy:

Food Allergies and Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD) Policy No: 5141.25(a)

Forms: 

• City of New Haven Individualized Health Care Plan - Health Department
• NHPS Allergy Form/Care Plan

New Haven Food and Nutrition Services will make reasonable meal modifications on a case by case basis to accommodate children whose disability restricts their diet. For full guidelines from The Connecticut State Department of Education's (CSDE). The request for the reasonable modification must be related to the disability or limitations caused by the disability and requires a medical statement  from a state licensed health care professional who is authorized to write medical prescriptions under the state law. Please contact the school nurse and or the Food Service Director for a group meeting to further discuss 

• Medical Statement for Meal Modifications in School Nutrition Program: Meal Modification Form Fillable Form
• La modificación de alimentos en los programas de nutrición escolar

Additional Information:

Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Connection Team: https://www.foodallergyawareness.org/education/