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The California Department of Education (CDE) hosted the monthly Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall webinar on May 23, 2023 for school food service operators, chief business officials, and community partners to provide an opportunity for schools to learn about program requirements for operating their programs and hear about best practices.
Links Shared in Chat During the Town Hall
- You can look up your assigned School Nutrition Program (SNP) analyst on the CDE School Nutrition Program Contacts web page
- Access the Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall slides on the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) website, select Applications and Download Forms
- Watch the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) School Nutrition STAR webinar, Strategies for Increasing Scratch Cooking in School Nutrition Programs (April 2023) on the ICN iLearn web page
- Learn more and sign up for notifications for FREE STAR webinars on the ICN STAR web page
- The proposed rule is available on the Federal Register: Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans web page
- View the SNP-03-22 Transitional Meal Standards SY 2022–23 and 2023–24 Management Bulletin on the Nutrition Services Division (NSD) web page
- Email your Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Funds questions to the KIT Funds team at KITFunds@cde.ca.gov
- Learn more about the CDE’s 2023 Farm to School Celebration Week on the CDE NSD Farm to Summer Celebration Week web page
- Email your Farm to Summer Celebration Week questions to Farm to School staff at Farm2School@cde.ca.gov
- View the Summer Meals Programs Final Rule Update on the CDE web page
- Information on the SNP vs Seamless Summer Option for Summer Meal Operations listserv is available on the CDE web page
- For questions regarding the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), please email SFSP@cde.ca.gov
- Email the SFSP Sponsor Agreement for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods to the Food Distribution Program (FDP) to fooddistribution@cde.ca.gov
- Agencies unable to access the SFSP Application in CNIPS, please email the FDP at fooddistribution@cde.ca.gov for assistance
- The Procurement Guidance Webinar Training series is available on the CDE Child Nutrition Programs Course Catalog web page to assist Program Operators on proper procurement procedures and practices
- For more information on the Local Agency Procurement Review (LAPR) process, visit the CDE Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs web page
- View the School Year (SY) 2023–24 Program Operators scheduled for the Local Agency Procurement Review (LAPR) list on the CDE website, or email questions to Procurement Resources Unit staff at NSDProcurementReview@cde.ca.gov
- Learn about the USDA Policy Memo SP-39-2017 Local Agency Procurement Reviews for School Food Authorities on the USDA FNS School Meal Policy web page
- For more information about the SFSP application, visit the CDE SFSP webpage
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this subject, please email NSDTownHalls@cde.ca.gov.
Questions:
Nutrition Services Division | 800-952-5609
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, July 5, 2023
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