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School Nutrition Update: April 2019 Newsletter

Stay informed with the latest school nutrition updates and important deadlines. Learn about USDA memos, training workshops, courses, grants, and helpful resources. Join webinars, register for workshops, and enhance your skills!

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School Nutrition Update: April 2019 Newsletter

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  1. To review or print today’s slides and for instructions on how to join the webinar via Skype, visit the training webpage: http://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/training/whats-new

  2. April 2019 What’s New With School Nutrition

  3. USDA Memo SP 16-2019: School Breakfast Program: Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit • Allows SFAs to offer any vegetable subgroup (including starchy) to be offered at breakfast without also having to offer 2 cups of non-starchy vegetables throughout the week. • Effective immediately, through September 30, 2019

  4. Contract Renewal Important • SY 2018-19 Contract Deadline – Before April 25 in Online Services • Update Program End Dates to include: • Snow Days • Summer School before June 30 • Be sure to update for Lunch, School Breakfast, Special Milk, and Afterschool Snack Programs

  5. Contract Renewal Before May 1st • Complete PLE Survey and, if necessary, PLE Tool (USDA releasing next week) • Complete any Joint or Vendor agreements (with all signatures) for SY 2019-20 • Use the most current SNT template

  6. Contract Renewal On May 1 • SY 2019-20 Contract opens in Online Services • Contract open between May 1 and June 7 • Watch for the Contract Renewal Memo in Schoolmealsnews bulletin

  7. Teaming Up to Increase Participation Workshop Who: School Nutrition Directors and Managers When: June 19, 2019 from 8:00am-3:30pm Where: Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells Cost: $30 Registration Fee Register: https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/training/increase-participation-workshop Registration closes on May 19, 2019

  8. School Nutrition Skills Development Courses (SNSDC) • The $10 registration fee • can be paid online and will be completed through a separate website than registering for classes.   • permits you to attend as many classes as you need. Online registration and payment portal will be open in early May and can be found here on our training webpage: https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/training#up Appleton (Fox Valley Technical College): July 16-18 Milwaukee (Alverno College): July 23-25 Rice Lake (WI Indianhead Technical College): July 30-Aug 1 Middleton (Kromrey Middle School): Aug 6-8 Wausau (Northcentral Technical College): Aug 13-15

  9. USDA Foods Toolkit for Child Nutrition Programs • Resources • Infographics • Fact Sheets • Training • Marketing Tools https://www.fns.usda.gov/usda-foods/usda-foods-toolkit-child-nutrition-programs

  10. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) The application for the 2019-2020 grant is open until April 15, 2019! https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/ffvp

  11. School Breakfast Student Video Competition Congratulations to the winners! 1st Place Viking Elementary - Holmen School District 2nd Place Hartford Union High School Hartford Union High School District Honorable Mention Pecatonica Elementary Pecatonica Area Schools 3rd Place Tomah High School Tomah Area School District Wisconsin School Meals Rock! Student Webpage

  12. Professional Standards • A set number of continuing education or training hours are required annually all school nutrition staff. • These coincide with the school year and must be completed by June 30. • Include trainings on the school’s tracker.

  13. AmeriCorps Farm to School Program • Accepting applications for new partner sites • Host sites can ask for 1-2 AmeriCorps members who help their school implement farm to school programming • Contact: • Kara Ignasiak, AmeriCorps Farm to School Program Director • Kara.Ignasiak@dpi.wi.gov or 715-214-6080 https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/farm-to-school/americorps

  14. AmeriCorps Farm to School Program • Timeline: • April 19, 2019 – Notice of Intent to Apply DUE • May 3, 2019 – New Site Application DUE • May 3 to May 17, 2019 – Application review • May 17, 2019 – Target date for grant award notification • May to August, 2019 – AmeriCorps member recruitment and onboarding • August 15, 2019 – Program start!

  15. School Nutrition Accountability Software • The DPI School Nutrition Team invites you to use ourfree school nutrition software. The main goals of this system are to: • automate and simplify your current practices to help make your school nutrition program run more efficiently, and • easily communicate with DPI about the administrative aspects of your school nutrition program(s).

  16. SNACS contains features that are designed to increase productivity and support program compliance. • SNACS provides: • Reminders and alerts to keep you on top of program requirements, • Assistance with free and reduced price meal application approval and access to online free/reduce applications, • Automated letter generation capabilities and a basic management system, • Increased efficiency with direct certification, • Guidance through the verification process and simplified reporting, • A streamlined process for Administrative Reviews, and • Much more! If interest in or questions regarding SNACS, contact DPISNACSSupport@dpi.wi.gov

  17. Questions?

  18. Thank You for Participating The next What’s Newwith School Nutrition will be Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 2:00pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVT1iMvEEog

  19. Non Discrimination Statement In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.  Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits.  Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.  Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1)        mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2)       fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3)       email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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