April 25, 2023 School Nutrition Town Hall Links

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The California Department of Education (CDE) Nutrition Services Division (NSD) hosted the monthly Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall webinar on April 25, 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 analyst on the CDE School Nutrition Program Contacts web page
Celebrate Every Kid Healthy Week - Action for Healthy Kids web page
Learn more about the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Healthy Meals Incentives and the Healthy Meal Incentive Application
CA No Kid Hungry Summer Meals web page
CalRecycle's California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy
Access the Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall slides on the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) website, select Applications and Download Forms
Send comments regarding the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to the Advisory Committee on the Regulations.gov website and click on the “Comment” box or search HHS-OASH-2022-0021-0001, the Docket number for the Federal Register notice.
Send comments regarding the USDA Proposed Rule on the Regulations.gov website or by mail to School Meals Policy Division, Food and Nutrition Service, P.O. Box 9233, Reston, Virginia, 20195.
The complete 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
Access the following USDA Proposed Rule Resources on the USDA website:
- School Meals Standards Comparison Chart
- Proposed Implementation Timeline for Updating School Meal Standards Infographic
- Proposed Rule for School Meal Standards Infographic
Send your Universal Meals Program (UMP) Guidelines comments via email to UMP staff at UMPComment@cde.ca.gov
Sign up to receive the latest School Nutrition Program (SNP) listservs on the CDE NSD SNP Mailing List web page
Visit the CDE's Nutrition What’s New web page funding tab
Check out the new CDE Local Food for Schools web page
More information on the Request for Applications for the 2023–2024 School Breakfast Program and Summer Start up and Expansion Grants web page
For questions about School Food Best Practices (SFBP) funding contact the SFBP Team by email at SFBP@cde.ca.go.
Visit the CDE SFBP web page
Email your Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Funds questions to the KIT Funds team at KITFunds@cde.ca.gov
For more information on the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) Application visit the FFVP Application web page
Questions regarding FFVP, please contact the CDE FFVP team by email at FFVP@cde.ca.gov
For more information about the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), visit the CDE Summer Meals web page
Review the CDE's SNP vs SSO for Summer Meal Operations Listserv
Send questions about the Healthy Meals Incentives Grant for Small and/or Rural school food authorities (SFA) by email to support@healthymealsincentives.org
To determine if the summer food service site is in a rural area, visit the USDA Rural Designation website
Review the CDE's Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas Pilot D Listserv
For more information on eligibility determinations, visit the CDE's Management Bulletin CNP-04-2015 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
For more information about Expanded Learning, please visit the CDE's Expanded Learning FAQ web page
Share your celebration photos with CDE! Email your photos to NSD Town Hall staff at NSDTownHalls@cde.ca.gov
To review SFSP policy and regulations, visit the CDE's Summer Food Management Bulletin web page
Sign up to receive the latest SNP listservs
Review the CDE 2023–24 Child Nutrition Programs Reimbursement Rates web page
If you have any questions regarding 2023–24 Child Nutrition Programs Reimbursement Rates, please contact the NSD by email at SFSP@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
Read about Robertson Road School’s Farm to School and Junior Chefs program article Junior Chefs cooking up healthy fare at Modesto schools
Read about Riverside USD, EdSource commentary Schools should partner with family farms to provide nutrition and education
Visit the Chef Ann Foundation | Pre-Apprenticeship web page to learn more and apply!
- If you have any additional questions, please contact Eriko Greeson at eriko.greeson@chefannfoundation.org
Register in advance for the Winning at Wellness webinar Schools Vital Role in Supporting Nutrition Security registration link
Learn more about the International Fresh Product Association Foodservice Conference Schedule web page
More information on the Buy American Food Act (Senate Bill 490) and Assembly Bill 778 Institutional purchasers: purchase of California-grown agricultural food products web page
Visit the CDE NSD Food Service Staff and Training web page
Visit Grants.com for more information on the USDA Team Nutrition Training Grant 2023
Register for the 2023 Taste of CA Standardization Workshops on the CNIPS Training Registration web page
For additional information or assistance on the Taste of CA Standardization Workshops, please contact the CDE Taste of CA Challenge team at CArecipes@cde.ca.gov
Review the CDE management bulletin regarding Severe Need and 2 Cent Reimbursement
Read about Mount Diablo Unified School District in the Associated Press news article, "No more Nuggets? School Lunch goes farm-to-table."
Access the new USDA Celebrating School Breakfast infographics and social media messages
Check out the new USDA Team Nutrition Discover My Plate: Nutrition Education for Kindergarten website
Learn how to get a state job, visit the CDE Jobs web page
View the President’s Budget in full
Text of the HR 1269- Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023 is available on the Congress.gov website
The CDE NSD USDA Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Proposed Rule listserv including information, resources, and March 30, 2023 webinar. More information on Income Eligibility Scales for School Year (SY) 2023–24
Households may apply for the Affordable Connectivity Plan (ACP) at GetInternet.gov or can call 877-384-2575
ACP Outreach Toolkit - outreach materials from the Federal Communications Commission, including sample factsheets, flyers, PSAs, text messages, social media posts, and more
Outreach partners can request the pre-qualification widget to embed on their own websites by emailing ACProgram@usac.org with the subject line ACP Widget for technical support. In the email, please include the web address where you plan to add the widget. The interactive widget includes questions to check eligibility and apply for ACP
View the White House Fact Sheet on the ACP and its benefits
Complete the 2023 Universal Meals Program Food Service Director Survey
Complete the Local Food for School Attestation survey
Send any Local Food for Schools questions to the Local Food for Schools team by email at LFSGrant@cde.ca.gov
More information on the Waivers for Unanticipated School Closures
For more information about the SFSP, visit the CDE SFSP web page
For Food Distribution Program (FDP) questions, please email the FDP staff at fooddistribution@cde.ca.gov
Management Bulletin SNP-04-2021 Pricing of Adult Meals in the NSLP/SBP web page
Email adult meals pricing questions to the Resource Management Unit at snpcafefundquestions@cde.ca.gov
Register for the Culinary Institute of Child Nutrition (CICN) webinar, “What a Chef Can Do for You-Promotion of Culinary Professionals in SNP”, on the CICN website
Tag CDE NSD on Twitter @CDENutrition
Sign your school up to be a Kindness school and utilize readymade resources available on the Great Kindness Challenge website

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: Thursday, May 25, 2023

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