Thank you to everyone who ordered reusable banners to promote your programs! This item is now out of stock.
Other ways to promote your summer program:
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Use the OSPI Communication Toolkit - we created social media graphics, sample posts, door hangers, flyers, and a banner you can send off to a print shop!
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Use the USDA Communication Toolkit - USDA has promotional materials, radio announcements, and more!
- Make sure to keep your calendars and Meal Distribution Plan & Waiver Update survey up-to-date. We use this information to share information out to the USDA Site Mapper and the No Kid Hungry Meal Location Finder.
Questions? Please email summermeals@k12.wa.us.
If details of your service change you must communicate updates of your meal distribution plan and waivers.
- Submit your Meal Distribution Plan & Waiver Updates survey here.
- Update Your WINS Calendars.
OSPI makes the information provided from your WINS application and the electronic application checklist available to the community.
Possible WINS changes may include:
- Meal service times
- Dates of Service changes
- Changes to Average Daily Attendance
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Sponsors with vended meals must make ADA revisions prior to submitting monthly claims. Revised ADAs will not be approved for claims that go into error status due to meals claimed over the approved CAP.
- Adding sites-contact your specialist to do this
Possible Meals Distribution Plan and Waiver updates may include:
- Use of the area eligibility waiver
- Changing days of meal distribution
- Providing more than one meal at a time
- Providing multiple days' worth of meals
Questions? Unsure if you need to make adjustments? Please contact your program specialist.
This webinar series will provide current, accurate information and resources to program operators to mitigate risk of foodborne illness and COVID-19 transmission through the service of meals in Child Nutrition Programs.
Register Here Date: Monday, July 27 Time: 12 - 1 pm PT
The second webinar, "Managing Personnel During COVID-19" will address:
- Communication among stakeholders
- Adhering to the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Selecting and handling of cloth face masks
- Considerations for appropriate screening and exclusion of food service employees from working
- Preparing for potential employee illness
Did You Miss Webinar #1?
The first webinar, "The Safe Food Handler" provided the basics of food safety and COVID-19; personal hygiene including proper use of gloves, masks, and aprons; cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting; and social distancing. Watch or download the webinar here.
USDA's Team Nutrition put together a webinar series on how to implement meal pattern changes in Child Nutrition Programs.
- Moving Forward: Update on Food Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs with Guidance for Dried Meat Products [Recorded Webinar]
- Additional Meat/Meat Alternates Options for CNPs: Crediting Tempeh and Surimi [Recorded Webinar]
- Crediting Coconut and Vegetable Noodles in CNPs [Recorded Webinar]
- Crediting Popcorn, Hominy Corn Masa and Masa Harina in Child Nutrition Programs: [Recorded Webinar]
- CN Labeling Program: Update for Industry [Recorded Webinar]
As we reach the peak growing season in Washington State, farmers are looking to sell their fresh products to schools and other summer meals programs.
Join OSPI and WSDA to learn how you can connect with farmers in your region to buy local products to help meet your needs for your summer meals programs and for the start of the school year.
Register Here Date: Thursday, July 23 Time: 1 – 2 pm PT
The USDA has released several waivers that extend through the summer, as well as some extending through June 2021.
Please visit the OSPI Nutrition & Meals Guidance webpage, under the Important Updates header, to review any of these waivers.
The National CACFP Sponsors Association is hosting a Virtual Summit in August!
Registration is $149 and includes access to 20 training sessions.
Register Here
Some sessions included in your registration:
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Summer Meals: Leveraging Mobile Solutions in Rural Communities
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Child-Friendly Menu Planning Using Seasonal Foods
- Grant Writing 101
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Applying a Racial Equity Lens to Recommendations for CACFP and SFSP
- Summit Welcome & Policy Update
Discover more sessions and speaker information in the Virtual Summit Flyer.
The Washington Dairy Council has created a handout for you to share out with families. Feel free to share this out with the families you serve!
The Magic of Milk Handout
August 15
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July Claims Due in WINS
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