Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin |
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| To: Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsors |
Number: USDA-CACFP-17-2011 |
| Attention: Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsor, Business Official |
Date: August 2011 |
| Subject: 2010–11 Annual Mandatory Training for the Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsors: Day Care Homes Component |
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Reference: Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 226.17(b)(10) |
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The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 requires all Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsors to participate in an annual training. The Mandatory Training topic for this year for the CACFP day care home sponsors is “Tiering and Eligibility in the CACFP”. The course is available August 15–September 9, 2011.
Participation is Mandatory
The California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division, requires that day care home sponsors in the CACFP take the training on Tiering and Eligibility in the CACFP. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, if a CACFP agency does not complete a state agency-required training program, the CACFP agency will be declared “seriously deficient” in their administration of the program and could be terminated from the program.
To fulfill the federal training requirement, each agency must ensure that a minimum of one person with administrative responsibility for the CACFP child care components completes the training. Potential training participants include CACFP agency principals, such as owners, board presidents, executive directors, program directors, and staff who have program responsibilities related to CACFP duties, specifically eligibility determination, claim preparation, monitoring, or training. There is no limitation on how many staff from an agency can take the course.
Please be advised that the training must be completed by Friday, September 9, 2011.
Training Documentation
The Fresno City College (FCC) Cal-Pro-NET Center will issue a Certificate of Completion to persons who successfully complete either the online or offline training and score 75 percent or above on the final course quiz. We recommend that you retain your Certificate as verification that you have completed the course and maintain it in your agency’s training file.
Registration
Online-Repeat users:
Repeat users will be able to access the course online. Individuals who enrolled in last year’s online mandatory course, Healthy Meals, Healthy Children, have been automatically enrolled and do not need to request enrollment for this year’s mandatory course. Starting August 15, repeat users will be able to access the Tiering and Eligibility in the CACFP course at the Fresno City College (FCC) Blackboard Web page at http://blackboard.fresnocitycollege.edu.
Online-New users:
For information regarding the course schedule, self-study packet, and to register for the online course, please visit the FCC Day Care Homes Web page at http://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/index.aspx?page=2206.
Questions
Please share this Management Bulletin with appropriate management and staff immediately. If you have any questions, please contact Janet Hill, Nutrition Education Consultant, by phone at 916-323-7185 or 800-952-5609, or by e-mail at jhill@cde.ca.gov, or the FCC Cal-Pro-NET Center at 559-489-2237 or 559-244-5999 extention 2376, 2377, 2378, 2379, 2380, or 2381. Assistance is available 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. You may also contact your Field Services Unit Child Nutrition Consultant directly.
