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Happy 2023 Holidays, from your "jolly" CNP Team!
Trivia:
Q. What is ‘Marsh Whort’ also known as?
A. (The answer is hidden in the content below)
December brings with it seasonal flavors.
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USDA POLICIES & MEMOS
Regulation requires sponsoring organizations and institutions to keep Bulletins, Instructions, and USDA Policy Memorandums for reference and to apply immediately the appropriate instruction to agency programs. Please, call Child Nutrition Programs if further clarification is needed.
NSLP & School Breakfast Program (SBP) Updates:
For all Policy and Memos from USDA go here.
Updates & Reminders:
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December 20 - NSLP Roundtable Discussion @ 2:00 p.m.
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Claims - Submit claim data online through the CNP Web Database. Please submit the claim within the 30-Day Claim Submission Date:
- October Claim Month - Due December 30
- The final claim will not be accepted if it is not in the Pending Approval status by the 60-Day Claim Deadline (see below). Upward amended claims may be submitted throughout the 60-day period but no later than the 60-Day Deadline. Be aware claims in Error status cannot be paid and if help is needed from Child Nutrition the sponsor must contact Child Nutrition well in advance of the 60-Day Deadline.
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PrimeroEdge – Check your potential matches list monthly.
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On-Site Counting & Claiming
All on-site self-monitoring reviews must be completed within the first 4 months of operation for sponsors with more than 1 operating site. Summary report (only) due to DEED on/before February 15, 2024, via Smartsheet. NOTE: All breakfast programs must be reviewed every other year with at least 50% per year.
New procedures for submitting your on-site counting and claiming summaries.
We are streamlining the process to submit your on-site counting and claiming summaries.
What changed? The process to submit your review summaries for breakfast and lunch and the process for afterschool snacks has merged to a single easier process.
What has not changed? Due dates and the on-site counting and claiming forms remain the same.
You can find the instructions to submit your on-site counting and claiming summaries in the Document Checklist in CNPweb. Scroll to the “Additional Forms” section and look for the On-Site Counting and Claiming forms, including the instructions and bulk upload template. You will also find the review forms for NSLP/SBP and ASP at the top of this page.
Afterschool Snack Review
The first of 2 self-monitoring program reviews to be conducted within the first month of operation, and the 2nd review to be conducted before the end of the program year (or June 1st - whichever comes first) for the initial year. However, after that, it’s just two times during the school year (July to June). Review forms and summary report can be located on the CNP Web Checklist tab.
Verification
Verification was completed by November 15, 2023. Verification Collection Summary Report due to DEED on/before February 1, 2024. If you need assistance, please feel free to contact Alaska Child Nutrition Programs.
If you need assistance performing verification in PrimeroEdge, contact customercare@primeroedge.com. If you need assistance performing verification using another platform, contact your vendor’s customer service team.
Verification Collection Summary Report
Where: Teams Meeting. You will be sent the link upon registration.
When: December 13, 2023 at 1:00-1:30 PM AKST
Hosted by Customer Care Region Lead Terri Brown
Register here
Description: Take advantage of the opportunity to enhance your understanding of PrimeroEdge's Verification Collection Report process. Join our workshop on December 13 at 1:00 p.m. AKST workshop to engage with a PrimeroEdge school nutrition expert.
Make the most of your PrimeroEdge Eligibility module:
- Eliminate manual work and reduce errors
- Help students gain and retain benefits
- Automatic sample pulling, tracking, and report generation
- Quickly and easily determine eligibility status
There will be time to share your unique needs, ask questions, and learn effective solutions.
P-EBT Update
The 3rd and final benefit of $604 will be issued between now and December 31, 2023.
These benefits will go onto previously issued cards. If cards have been “lost” and in need of being replaced, please contact Tonia Parfitt at 907-465-1080.
Tonia Parfitt is also happy to assist with verification of eligibility or any other P-EBT related questions.
AKSNA Conference
Registration for the Alaska School Nutrition Association’s 56th Annual Conference happening the 23rd – 25th of January 2024 in Anchorage, Alaska is now open. This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Katie Wilson, SNS, Urban School Food Alliance Executive Director and former USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. More information and registration are available at https://aksna.org.
The Trivia Answer is: Cranberry
Arctic School Food Service Innovation Competition
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The Alaska School Nutrition Association is hosting its second annual Arctic School Food Service Innovation Competition recognizing an individual in school food service that has contributed an innovation that has expanded access to school meals, improved the quality or nutritional value of school meals, improved student and community relationships of the school meal program, improved logistical or financial support of school meals, and/or overcome another challenge to making, distributing, and serving school meals. Nominations are due 31 December 2023.
Alaska Child Nutrition Programs eligibility and competition rules and procedures are solely the responsibility of AKSNA. For more information about the competition and to nominate a school nutrition professional, visit https://aksna.org/arctic-school-food-service-competition/.
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