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Join us for the next California Department of Education (CDE) Nutrition Services Division (NSD) Tuesday @ 2 Town Hall, scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 2 p.m. During the Town Hall, we will share highlights of recent federal and state policy guidance, funding and training opportunities, and best practices for operating Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs). Draft webinar slides will be available by 10 a.m. on the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (ca.gov) (CNIPS) web page
on the date of the Town Hall.
New this month, we’ve also listed below the important operational reminders shared during the March Town Hall to assist you with tracking upcoming deadlines.
Important Operational Dates: Next 30 to 60 days
- April 1, 2024: Pull Direct Certification and Enrollment for Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Note that while data used to calculate the CEP identified student percentage, or ISP, can be pulled after this date, it must represent the data as of April 1, 2024.
- May 2024: Notification for scheduled Local Agency Procurement Review and School Nutrition Program (SNP) review, if selected.
- May 1, 2024: Use Department of Defense Fresh Entitlement in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Order Receipt System (also known as FFAVORS).
- May 15, 2024, or 30 days prior to meal service operations, whichever comes first: the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) application deadline.
Town Hall Webinar PowerPoint
The day of the Town Hall, draft webinar slides will be available by 10 a.m. on the CNIPS web page
.
Use the following steps to access slides in CNIPS
:
- For School Food Authorities: Select Applications and Download Forms
- For Summer Food Service Programs (SFSP) operators: In the SFSP Module, select Applications and Download Forms
The Town Hall slides in CNIPS are marked “Draft” and are subject to change. If updates are needed, the CDE will upload the revised slides in the same location following the Town Hall.
After the Town Hall. the CDE now posts the final Town Hall PowerPoint slides in their new location on the CDE Food Service Staff Education and Training web page under the Town Halls tab.
Background
The Tuesday @ 2 Virtual Town Hall events typically occur each month on the fourth Tuesday of the month, unless otherwise noted. The Town Halls provide an opportunity for schools to learn about policy guidance, program requirements, and best practices for operating CNPs. The desired audience includes CNP Program Operators and Food Service Directors.
Participation Information
Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Registration and Cost
This town hall is free to attend. Register in advance for this webinar
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After registering, you will see a screen that says Webinar Registration Approved with a link to the webinar. You will also receive several emails with information about joining the webinar. First, you will receive confirmation the day you register and then you will receive two reminder emails: one day and one hour prior to the webinar. If you cannot find the email confirmation, or do not receive the reminders, you can always reregister.
Tip for Attendees
To save time before the meeting, check your system to make sure it is ready to use Zoom.
- Visit the Zoom test link.
- If you experience issues, visit the
Zoom Help Center web page for assistance.
If you receive an error message that the host has declined your webinar registration, try using an alternate email address. While not ideal, you may also join by phone if you have technical issues logging in from your computer.
Professional Standards Crediting Information
- Key Area: Administration (3000)
- Training Topic: Program Management (3200)
- Learning Objective: Manage staff work including scheduling (3210)
- Instructional hours: 1.5 hours
Reasonable Accommodation
Pursuant to state and federal statutes, individuals with a disability may request reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in the Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall. Send direct requests for reasonable accommodations to the CDE by email to NSDTownHalls@cde.ca.gov, no later than seven days prior to the event. Please note that live captioning will be available during the webinar.
Town Hall Links and Resources Provided on March 26, 2024
The following were shared in the chat during the recent town hall:
- A current list of School Nutrition Program (SNP) Specialists is available on the SNP Specialist Directory web page or email SNP staff at snpinfo@cde.ca.gov.
- Child Nutrition Consultant assignments are available in CNIPS
, Download Forms section > Form ID: Caseload > Directory of Staff County Assignments.
- View the five Breakfast After the Bell videos on the No Kid Hungry (NKH) Best Practices web page
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- Check out the CDE National Nutrition Month March 2024 and National School Breakfast Week listserv on the CDE Nutrition What’s New web page.
- Learn more about University High’s Compostable Utensils Program pilot in the March 14, 2024, La Jolla Village News-Education article, University High Launches Compostable Utensils Pilot Program
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- Email your celebration photos to Town Hall staff at NSDTownHall@cde.ca.gov.
- You can find more information about Turnip the Beet awards on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Turnip the Beet! High Quality Summer Meals Award Program web page
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- Income Eligibility Scales for School Year 2024–25 - Rates, Eligibility Scales, & Funding, available on the CDE website.
- USDA Rural Designation interactive mapping tool web page
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- USDA Area Eligibility web page
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- USDA Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Outreach Toolkit web page
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- For school food authority Summer EBT questions, contact the Summer EBT team via email at SummerEBT@cde.ca.gov.
- CDE SNP Late Claims web page.
- CDE SNP Claim Submission Deadlines web page.
- Learn more about the Local Food for Schools (LFS) grant on the CDE LFS web page.
- Send any questions regarding LFS funds, send your questions to the LFS team at LFSGrant@cde.ca.gov.
- View the Management Bulletin SNP 04-2024 Availability of the Commercial Dishwasher Grant (CDG) Request for Applications (RFA) available on CDE’s SNP web page.
- Any questions related to the CDG, contact the CDG team by email at cdg@cde.ca.gov.
- Register for the March 27, 2024, CDG Informational webinar
(Webinar registration is no longer available).
- Access the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) RFA on the FFVP Application web page.
- For instructions on applying for the2024–25 FFVP RFA, visit the 2024–25 FFVP Grant Application Instructions web page.
- Send your FFVP questions to the CDE FFVP team by email at FFVP@cde.ca.gov.
- Email your NKH Summer 2024 Youth Engagement and Empowerment grants questions to Share Our Strength staff Kristen Dunphey, kdunphey@strength.org or Riya Rahman, rrahman@strength.org.
- More information is available on the CDE’s Resource Management and Procurement Resources Spring Training 2024 web page.
- School Nutrition Department Vacancy Turnover Rate survey questions can be sent to the Food Insight Group Director Beth Katz by email at beth@foodinsightgroup.com.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this subject, please email NSDTownHalls@cde.ca.gov.