Weekly School Nutrition Newsletter

Indiana Department of Education sent this bulletin at 06/28/2018 01:53 PM EDT

6/28/2018

Dear Food Service Contact,

This email provides current news for schools concerning the Child Nutrition Programs from USDA and the state. If you are the food service contact for your school or corporation, it is your responsibility to relay important information provided to you about the Child Nutrition Programs to other staff members.

Adult Meal Pricing

Schools need to make sure they are setting their adult meal price high enough so these meals are not supported by reimbursable meal revenue.
This is a topic covered during the Administrative Review, and CNPweb requires the correct price to be entered before your applications can be approved.
Use this formula to ensure your adult meal prices are compliant:
- For Lunch: Use the student paid price plus the paid reimbursement plus .06 cents plus the value of commodities per meal.
  - For example: $2.80 + .31 + .06 + .2325 = 3.4025 or $3.41
- For Breakfast: Use the student paid price plus the paid reimbursement.
  - For example: $1.50 + .31 = $1.81
- If non-pricing or CEP for Lunch: Use the free reimbursement plus .06 cents plus the value of commodities per meal.
  - For example: $3.23 + .06 + .2325 = $3.5225 or $3.53
- If non-pricing or CEP for Breakfast: Use the free
  - For example: $1.75 or $2.09 (depending on your reimbursement rate)
- For more assistance, check out the Adult Meals and Student Breakfast Prices handout here.
- Questions? Email Joe Olivadoti or Tina Herzog.

New Resources

A detailed contact list was created to help you find the right person to contact for various topics under the School Nutrition Programs. Click here to access the list.
We now have a Spanish version of the disclosure template titled, Parent Letter for Sharing Information with Other Education Programs. Click here to access the template.

Coming Soon!

Program Year 2019 is not yet available in CNPweb. We expect it to be open and accessible soon!
USDA has not released the 2018-2019 Reimbursement Rates yet. Once they have been released, we will post in the Weekly School Nutrition Newsletter.
Direct Certification will be updated for 2018-2019 after the first full week of July.

Welcome Ashley Heller!

We have a new School Nutrition Specialist, Ashley Heller.
Ashley started at the Indiana Department of Education at the end of May.
She will be helping with:
- Smart Snacks
- Special Dietary Needs
- Weekly School Nutrition Newsletters
- Professional Standards/Hiring Requirements
- And more!
Contact Ashley at (317) 232-0544 or aheller@doe.in.gov.

Missed a Weekly School Nutrition Newsletter? Click here to access previous newsletters!

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