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Overview

The Nutrition Services Division (NSD) send messages via Listserv to program operators and contacts. The messages contained in the tabs below are identified by program and sponsor type. Program types include the School Nutrition Program (SNP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO), Summer Food Service Programs (SFSP), Food Distribution Program (FDP), and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). CACFP sponsor types include Day Care Homes (DCH), Child Care Centers (CCC), and Adult Day Care (ADC). SNP sponsor types include Residential Child Care Institutes (RCCI), and County Office of Education (COE). SNP role types include Chief Business Officer (CBO), and Food service Director (FSD). Specialized messages intended for target audiences are marked with an asterisk (*) and are not applicable to entire program and sponsor types.

Note: Messages on this page will remain for three months before being removed.

Disaster

Proclamations that affect our program operators and state.

July

Notice Date Title Applicable to
7/27/2021 SNP Meal Pattern Waiver Application SY 2021–22 SNP
7/19/2021 Governor Newsom Declares State of Emergency in Siskiyou, Lassen, and Plumas Counties Due to Fires SNP and SFSP sponsors in Siskiyou, Lassen and Plumas Counties

June

Notice Date Title Applicable to
6/30/2021 USDA Resources for Shelters Feeding Homeless Youth and Families CACFP
6/28/2021 CACFP Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursement Implementation Plan Approved by the USDA SNP, CACFP
6/25/2021 Webinar: Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall on July 27 SNP, SSO, SFSP
6/18/2021 Emergency Operating Costs Reimbursement (ECR) Programs Frequently Asked Questions DCH, Sponsor of Independent Center/Sponsor of Unaffiliated Centers, Center Sponsors
6/15/2021 Emergency Shelter Reimbursement Question and Answer CACFP
6/15/2021 2021 Local School Wellness Policy Triennial Assessment Waiver SNP
6/15/2021

CACFP Meal Pattern Waiver Application School Year 2021–22

 CACFP
6/15/2021 Questions and Answers for Child Nutrition Program (CNP) Operations SNP, SSO, SFSP
6/15/2021 School Year 2021–22 Initial Waiver Elections SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP
6/14/2021 Pandemic Electronic Benefit Tranfer (P-EBT) Stakeholder Meeting SNP
6/8/2021 P- EBT for 2020‒21 School Year School Age Children SNP FSD, CBO and Superintendents
6/7/2021 Reminder: Nationwide Waiver for Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines SNP
6/7/2021 Reminder: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition Responses #73-81, Summer 2021 Extensions SNP, SSO, SFSP
6/7/2021 Reminder: P-EBT 2.0 Address Update Flyers SNP
6/7/2021 Reminder: Prepare Now for P-EBT 2.0 SNP
6/7/2021 Reminder: P-EBT Round 2.0 for Eligible Private School Students SNP Private Schools
6/7/2021 Reminder: Additional Guidance for 75 Cent Rate Increase SNP, SSO, SFSP
6/3/2021 2021–22 Guidance for NSLP Application or Alternative Form SNP, SSO
6/2/2021

CACFP Sponsor Information for the ECR Program

CACFP

May

Notice Date Title Applicable to
5/27/2021 Child Nutrition Response #97 SNP, SSO
5/25/2021 P-EBT Status Update SNP, CCC, DCH
5/21/2021 CACFP At-Risk Nationwide Waiver Clarification CACFP
5/18/2021

Child Nutrition Programs Questions and Answers

 SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP
5/5/2021 Reminder: School Year 2020–21 P- EBT SNP
5/5/2021 Reminder: SSO and SFSP Integrity Plan SSO, SFSP
5/3/2021 2021 Summer Waivers #74-81 SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP

April

Notice Date Title Applicable to
4/20/2021 Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Child Nutrition COVID-19 Response Nationwide Waivers - School Year 2021–22 SNP, SSO, DCH
4/20/2021 COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #83 SFSP
4/20/2021 Reimbursement for Emergency Shelters during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency CACFP
4/12/2021 SNP Intregity Plan SNP

Recall

Food recalls that could potentially affect our program operators and partners.

July

Notice Date Title Applicable to
7/23/2021 Grimmway Farms Voluntarily Recalls Certain Retail-Packaged Carrots SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP
7/20/2021 Green Dining Table, Inc. Recalls Pork Dumplings Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens SNP, SSO, CACFP
7/6/2021 Tyson Foods Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Products SNP

June

Notice Date Title Applicable to
6/10/2021 Beech-Nut Nutrition has issued a voluntary recall of Beech-Nut Stage 1, Single Grain Rice Cereal SNP, SSO, CACFP
6/2/2021

King's Command Foods, LLC. Recall

 CACFP

 

Training

Announcements and availability of trainings, both sponsored by the NSD and those of the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other partners. Includes both in-person and e-learning offerings (conference calls and webinars).

July

Notice Date Title Applicable to
7/8/2021 Webinar: Accessing Nutrient, Allergen, and Ingredient information for U.S. Department of Agriculture Foods SNP, FDP
7/1/2021 Accessing CACFP: Training after July 1, 2021 CACFP

April

Notice Date Title Applicable to
4/27/2021 CA Local School Wellness Policy (LSWP) Webinar: SNPs and Student Mental Health SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP
4/2/2021 SFSP Mandatory Training is Now Available SFSP

Policy

Notifies program operators of the release of U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy memoranda.

July

Notice Date Title Applicable to
7/26/2021 Assembly Bill 130, Universal Meals, and Other School Nutrition Updates SNP, SSO

June

Notice Date Title Applicable to
6/15/2021 Food Safety Inspection for SY 2020–21 SNP
6/2/2021 Policy Rescission—Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data by Visual Observation and Identification SFSP, CACFP, FSD, CBO

May

Notice Date Title Applicable to
5/28/2021 Amended: Poultry Products Imported from the People’s Republic of China SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP
5/21/2021 Information on Emergency Broadband Benefit Program SNP
5/20/2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act–Effect on CNPs SNP, SFSP, CACFP
5/13/2021 Child Nutrition Database, Release 24 SNP
5/5/2021 Reminder: Senate Bill 98 Section 34 –– State Meal Mandate Updated for Distance Learning Instruction SNP, FSDs, CBOs, Superintendents

April

Notice Date Title Applicable to
4/15/2021 State law, School Meal Programs: Free and Reduced-price Meals: Universal Meal Service SNP
4/12/2021 Mandatory Food Distribution Program Contract Packet Update for School Year 2021–22 FDP recipient agencies

Management Bulletin (MB)

Notifies program operators of the release of California Department of Education (CDE) NSD MBs.

June

Notice Date Title Applicable to
6/11/2021 School Year 2020–21 Processor Inventory Reconciliation FDP processors, distributors, recipient agencies

April

Notice Date Title Applicable to
4/1/2021 Reminder: California State Meal Mandate SNP Public, Charter, County Office of Education (COE) FSD

Other

Applications, awards, surveys, announcements, and annual updates.

July

Notice Date Title Applicable to
7/22/2021 School Year 2021–22 Now Open in the CNIPS – Annual Update Guidance SNP, SSO
7/12/2021

2021–22 CACFP Annual Update Child and Adult Care Centers

 ADC, CCC
7/2/2021 SNP Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursement Implementation Plan Approved by the USDA SNP
7/1/2021 Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for School Year 2021-22 SNP
7/1/2021 School Year 2021-22 Now Open in the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System - Annual Update Guidance SNP, SSO

June

Notice Date Title Applicable to
6/30/2021 CACFP Contact Information Update CACFP
6/30/2021 USDA Requests Input Regarding Underserved Communities SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP
6/29/2021 2021-22 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant Recipient List Announcement SNP
6/25/2021 Farm to Summer Celebration Week: Post Survey SSO, SFSP, FSDs and CBOs
6/21/2021 2021-22 CACFP Annual Update Child and Adult Care Centers ADC, CCC
6/18/2021 School Nutrition Programs Administrative Review in School Year 2021-22 SNP
6/11/2021 Reminder of Requirements to Operate a New School Meal Program SNP, SSO
6/7/2021 Reminder: Provision 2 Application Deadline SNP
6/7/2021 Reminder: Community Eligibility Provision—Application Information SNP

May

Notice Date Title Applicable to
5/24/2021 Year-End Deadline for Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) Payments SNP, CACFP, SFSP, SSO, SNP claims preparers
5/21/2021

Farm to Summer Celebration Week: Pre-Survey

 SFSP, SSO
5/14/2021 Team Nutrition School and CACFP Organization and Resources SNP, CACFP
5/14/2021 Turnip the Beet Award Returns Summer 2021 SFSP
5/3/2021

2021 Taste of CA Challenge Grant Recipients

 SNP

April

Notice Date Title Applicable to
4/26/2021 CACFP Resources for Crediting Grains as Oz Eq CACFP
4/21/2021 Farm to Summer Celebration Week: June 21–25, 2021 SNP, SSO, SFSP
4/21/2021 California Department of Education (CDE) Creating Brave Spaces in Early Childhood Series CACFP
4/19/2021 Proposition 12 Frequently Asked Questions for Stakeholders SNP, FDP recipients, processors, and distributors
4/8/2021

Team Nutrition Child Nutrition Program Resources

 SNP, SSO, SFSP, CACFP

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Questions:   Nutrition Services Division | 800-952-5609
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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