CNPweb 2024
CNPweb program year (PY) 2024 is not yet open. An announcement will be included in this newsletter when available.
Adult Meal Pricing Guidance
USDA has released the USDA Foods Value per lunch meal rate which allowed IDOE to update the Adult Meal Pricing Guidance for program year (PY) 2024. Please review prior to setting adult meal prices for the 2023-2024 school year. Non-pricing locations such as those operating CEP must meet the non-pricing guidance located on page two of the resource.
2023 Annual Financial Report (AFR) is Now Open
The 2023 AFR is now open in CNPweb and is due Friday, September 1. The 2023 AFR should include all financial transactions for the Nonprofit School Food Service Account (NPSFA) from July 2022 through June 2023. Here are a few tips to keep in mind while completing the AFR:
- All documentation used to complete the AFR should be retained on file for three years plus the current year and be readily available for an AFR validation at any time.
- If the NPSFA is charged indirect costs, please ensure all costs are calculated and charged to the account within 90 days from the last day of operation. Please note the NPSFA can only be charged up to the allowable approved percentage.
- If a sponsor does not have an approved indirect cost rate, they are allowed to charge up to 10%. Indirect costs cannot be assessed on or result in a negative balance.
- Confirm the beginning and ending balances are correct compared to the general ledger. Documentation may be required for validating and approving the 2023 AFR. If your balance does not match the previous year, please email SCN finance with a detailed explanation.
- Written resources for the completing the AFR can be found on the AFR drop down within the CNPweb Resources webpage.
AFR walk-through webinars will be hosted in August. Each webinar will show sponsors how to complete the 2023 AFR and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions. All webinar presentations will be the same so sponsors can choose only one session.
- Tuesday, August 1, at 10 a.m. ET, Register here
- Tuesday, August 8, at 1 p.m. ET, Register here
- Thursday, August 17, at 10 a.m. ET, Register here
- Tuesday, August 22, at 1 p.m. ET, Register here
If you have AFR questions, please reach out to SCNFinance@doe.in.gov and include your sponsor number and “AFR” in the subject line.
New Food Buying Guide (FBG) Yields
New yields are now available in the FBG for Child Nutrition Programs Interactive Web-based Tool and FBG Mobile App! New yield data is available for: individually quick-frozen red beans, frozen diced potatoes, frozen cubed sweet potatoes, brown lentils, and canned black turtle beans. Explore the FBG for Child Nutrition Programs today!
USDA Foods Beginning of Year Reminders Webinar
IDOE will host a virtual webinar on Tuesday, July 25, at 10 a.m. ET. We welcome all SFA Food Service Directors (FSDs). If your school food authority (SFA) contracts with a Food Service Management Company (FSMC), they are required to attend with the SFA FSD. The webinar will walk through the recertification process, CNPweb, state assigned warehouse deliveries, and the Department of Defense (DoD) Fresh program. Registration is required. Register here.
K12 Foodservice and ProcessorLink Training
Schools that allocated pounds to processors are required to monitor and manage those pounds for proper inventory management. IDOE is hosting a training for each commodity tracking website. Learn how to monitor and manage processor pounds, select distributors, run reports and review months on hand.
Free and Reduced Webinar Series
Calling all free and reduced processors! Join IDOE for an application and direct certification webinar series. Each training session will credit toward professional development training hours and fulfill the training requirement for application processors.
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DC Basics- Learn about upgrades to the system for PY 2024 and how to pull and read reports.
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Application Processing- Walk through how to identify a completed application and the steps of the approval process.
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Verification for Cause- Learn how to select applications to verify for cause and basic steps through the process.
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DC- Processing Possible Matches- Review the necessary steps to ensure the possible match student is correct.
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Eligibility Disclosure- Learn when free and reduced eligibility can be disclosed to groups outside of food services for purposes other than meal benefits along with tips and tricks to ensuring the information is used as intended.
Registration links for the training series can be found on IDOE's Training webpage.
PY 2024 Reimbursement Rates
USDA released the PY 2024 reimbursement rates on Friday, July 7. You can find them here. IDOE is awaiting the commodity value per lunch before adult meal pricing guidance can be updated.
DC Not Yet Available
Although not yet available, here are things you can do now to prepare for the first DC pull.
- Ensure Point of Sale (POS) software has the ability to recognize all of the DC designations of F, A, W, M, and R.
- Unsure what these mean? See the DC Guide page 5.
- Confirm students that are DC Reduced will receive the reduced meal benefit. These students are not free.
- Continue to process meal benefit applications within 10 days of submission by the household.
Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
As part of a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the USDA Food and Nutrition Service’s (FNS) Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative, Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) is offering Recognition Awards to celebrate School Food Authorities (SFA) that have made significant improvements to the nutritional quality of their school meals. The Recognition Awards will spotlight innovative practices, student and community engagement activities, and strategies schools have used to provide meals that are consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
The application for recognition is open on a continual basis from June 30, 2023 through June 30, 2025. To access the application portal, click here.
General questions about the Recognition Awards can be emailed to TeamNutrition@USDA.gov.
SFAs with specific questions about the Recognition Awards and application, can email those questions to award@healthymealsincentives.org.
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Tuesday, July 25, at 10 a.m. ET
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USDA Foods Beginning of Year Reminders webinar. Register here.
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Monday, July 31
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May claim date
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Tuesday, August 1, at 10 a.m. ET
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AFR walk-through webinar. Register here.
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Tuesday, August 8, at 1 p.m. ET
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AFR walk-through webinar. Register here.
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Tuesday, August 15, from 10 to 11 a.m. ET
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K12 Foodservice training
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Thursday, August 17, at 10 a.m. ET
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AFR walk-through webinar. Register here.
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Tuesday, August 22, at 1 p.m. ET
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AFR walk-through webinar. Register here.
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Wednesday, August 23, from 11 a.m. to noon ET
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ProcessorLink training
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Friday, September 1
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Annual Financial Report (AFR) due
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