1 / 36

California State Update: Child and Adult Care Food Program Priorities

Learn about California Department of Education's Nutrition Services Division priorities in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, including meal participation, diverse meal options, and new USDA procurement reviews.

gbonilla
Download Presentation

California State Update: Child and Adult Care Food Program Priorities

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. California State Update Child and Adult Care Food Program Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Sandip Kaur, Nutrition Services Division (NSD) Director Kim Frinzell, NSD Associate Director Joseph Cormack, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Manager 1

  2. California Department of EducationNutrition Services Division Staff Introductions

  3. Today’s State Update • NSD 2017–18 Priorities • CACFP 2016–17 Accomplishments • CACFP Policy Highlights and Items of Special Interest

  4. NSD 2017–18 Priorities • Increase meal participation and equity across all programs • Quality and culturally diverse meal options • Disabilities and accommodations • Implement the new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) local procurement reviews

  5. NSD 2017–18 Priorities • Provide customer focused technical assistance, policy guidance, and oversight • Provide support and resources for the implementation of the new CACFP meal pattern

  6. NSD 2017–18 Priorities

  7. Program Year 2016–17 • 50 day care home (DCH) sponsors • *60 million meals served • 14,271 sites 1,320 Center sponsors *138 million meals served 10,007 sites

  8. CACFP Statistics

  9. CACFP Statistics

  10. CACFP Statistics

  11. Administrative Cash Advance • Eliminated as of October 1, 2017 • Reduce risk to General Fund and program • Technical Assistance • Historical Data • 2010-11: 30 requests • 2016-17: 12 requests

  12. Mandatory Training 2017-18

  13. Preapproval Trainings Total number of Preapproval Webinars in 2016–17: 26 • 12 Child Care • 12 At-risk • 2 Adult Care Total number of attendees registered: 152 • 99 Child Care • 46 At-risk • 7 Adult Care

  14. New Meal Pattern Trainings • 23 in-person workshops • 6 New Meal Pattern (NMP) related webinars…coming soon! • Dedicated e-mail inbox—NMP4CACFP@cde.ca.gov • September Survey assessment • Face-to-face trainings: early 2018

  15. New Meal Pattern Trainings CACFP NMP Milk Requirements Webinars: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/cacfpresource.asp • Family child care providers • English and Spanish • Child care centers • English

  16. New Meal Pattern Changes include: • Greater variety of fruit • More whole grains • Less sugar and fat

  17. New Meal Pattern Resources • Navigate to the CDE Web page at: www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/cacfpresource.asp • NMP • Trainings • Resources • Policy • FAQs • E-mail your questions to: NMP4CACFP@cde.ca.gov

  18. Procurement Basics • Procurement transactions are in the spotlight • CDE is committed to provide training, TA, and support • Records of your transactions are important and must be available

  19. Procurement in the Spotlight • Title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200 • Consolidates and simplifies administration of federal grants • CDE must provide TA, oversight, and training • New Micro-Purchase method • Code of Conduct and Procurement Procedures

  20. Procurement • Electronic assessment sent to 296 program operators receiving ARs during program year 2016–17 • TA, TA, TA!

  21. Procurement

  22. Procurement Resources CDE Web pages • Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/pr/index.asp • Code of Conduct and Procurement Procedure Checklist http://www.cde.ca.gov/LS/nu/pr/documents/procurechcklst.doc • Procurement training Webinars: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/pr/cnpprocuretraining.asp

  23. CACFP Administrative Manual

  24. CACFP Administrative Manual https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/cc/cacfpmanualtablecontent.asp

  25. CACFP Administrative Manual Completed Sections: • Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms • Section 1: Program Eligibility • Section 2: Participant/Provider Eligibility • Section 3: Centers Reimbursement Determination • Section 4: DCH Reimbursement Determination • Section 5: Claims for Reimbursement • Section 6: Budgets • Section 7: Procurement

  26. CACFP Administrative Manual Sections to be completed: • Section 8: Meal Pattern • Section 9: Menu Planning • Section 10: Meal Service • Section 11: Civil Rights • Section 12: Training • Section 13: DCH and Center Sponsor Responsibilities • Section 14: Recordkeeping • Section 15: Serious Deficiency

  27. CACFP Administrative Manual Section Breakdown: Updates to manual will be announced via Listserv

  28. CACFP Published Policies • Management Bulletin (MB) CACFP 03-2017 • Prior Approval for CACFP Allowable Costs

  29. CACFP Published Policies 2. MB CACFP 11-2017 • Enrollment Documentation in Child Care Centers and DCH

  30. CACFP Published Policies 3. MB CACFP 07-2017 • Clarification on Documenting Meals in the CACFP

  31. Consistency! Efficiency! • Center Procedures • Staff Manual • Preapproval Webinars • Annual Update processing and database • DCH Procedures • Standardizing • Annual Update • Budget Expenses • Management Plans

  32. Annual UpdateCommon Challenges • Form CACFP 87: Financial Summary Document

  33. Annual UpdateCommon Challenges • Budget item “Other” • VCA Form • Sponsor Budget

  34. Annual UpdateCommon Challenges • Submit for Approval

  35. Questions?

  36. Thank You! Joseph Cormack CACFP Manager jcormack@cde.ca.gov 916-324-7133 This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

More Related