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Check out the CACFP Memo Page for a list of all memos and announcements.
No new memos since the last newsletter.
CACFP Renewals for Fiscal Year 2026 will start on August 1, 2025 and applications will close on August 15, 2025. The operating Fiscal Year for CACFP is October through September and Fiscal Year 2026 will start on October 1, 2025 and end on September 30, 2026.
Food Program Coordinators and Authorized Representatives listed in CNPweb will receive the CACFP Renewal Memo in their inboxes in late July 2025.
To get ready for CACFP Renewals, we encourage you take the following steps:
- Notify your assigned Child Nutrition Specialist if there are any changes to the Authorized Representative or Food Program Coordinator roles and update your Sponsor Info Sheet in CNPweb for Fiscal Year 2025.
- The Food Program Coordinator must complete all required CACFP Annual Trainings - the training memo will be sent out June 2, 2025.
- Talk with your administration and team and work together to collect the information you need for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 operating period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Information needed will include: Sites that will be operating and the meal service times and dates, months of operation, lead site staff, your operation's CACFP management plan, and more.
- If you are a CACFP sponsor on a school year calendar with site(s) operating in September 2025, check your CNPweb FY 2025 applications to ensure that your Site Info Sheet is up to date.
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Budgets: Required for all non-school food authority sponsors
- Work with your finance staff to review your FY 2025 budget and update it for FY 2026. If you did not have a FY 2025 budget, ask your Child Nutrition Specialist to send you the last budget on file with ODE CNP.
This is a repeat article from last month.
USDA regulations require that all CACFP sponsors complete CACFP Annual Training each year (7 CFR 226.16(d)(2)). To meet this requirement, ODE CNP creates trainings on civil rights and assorted relevant topics and requires all CACFP sponsors to complete the assigned trainings prior to CACFP Renewals in August.
For Fiscal Year 2025, ODE CNP will be releasing the online-only trainings on June 2, 2025 and sponsors will be required to complete the trainings by August 1, 2025.
ODE CNP will send out the training links via a standalone memo to the Food Program Coordinator with full details on how to complete the training requirements. Additional reminders will be included in the June and July Knowing and Growing Newsletters.
NOYO Food Forest
Have you ever heard of a Food Forest? It sounds something you can find in the woods outside Willy Wonka’s factory, right? Join us as we explore the relationship between Fort Bragg, California’s School District Nutrition Services Director, Pilar Gray, and Beth Horkman, Director of Operations for the NOYO Food Forest.
You can listen to the episode here: NOYO Food Forest
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Born in Ireland, Jennie journeyed to the United States. Her passion for food and health set her on a career path that started as a hospital Clinical Dietitian, evolved into Nutrition Service Manager and Director at a school district, and currently as a state Child Nutrition Program staff. Join Rick & Michelle as they talk with Jennie Kolpak about how she literally defined what best-practices in farm to school procurement and promotions were in the early days of the movement.
You can listen to the episode here: The Luck of the Lunch Tray
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All episodes are also available on approximately 40 podcast platforms. Search “Farm to School Podcast” and your episode will pop up.
Also, show notes and much more will be available on our OSU hosting site. Get there by searching “Farm to School Podcast OSU.”
Get to know the ODE CNP Community Team! Every month, the CACFP and SFSP newsletter will be highlighting a member of the Community Team.
Meet Shannon Smith!
Shannon has been with ODE’s Community Team for over 9 years, starting as a Program Analyst and now serving as a Child Nutrition Specialist. A proud Oregon native, she grew up in the small town of Amity and attended Linn-Benton Community College.
As a Child Nutrition Specialist, Shannon enjoys supporting sponsors in the essential work they do – helping them navigate program requirements, providing technical assistance and resources to streamline operations. She especially enjoys traveling around Oregon, meeting with sponsors and observing their programs in action.
When not working, Shannon loves spending time with her family and can often be found at the barn with her horses & dogs or cheering on her son at the ballfield. She also likes exploring the Oregon coast, nature walks, reading a good book, and traveling when time allows.
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The National CACFP Association is breaking down the CACFP meal pattern with their CACFP Meal Pattern Boot Camp on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
Their sessions will explore each meal component - milk, fruits, vegetables, grains, and meat/meat alternates, to help you confidently serve meals that meet program requirements.
For more information on this training, including pricing, check out the their page at: https://www.cacfp.org/bootcamp/meal-pattern/
 Meghan Tschida, Community Team Manager
Deanna (DeDe) Poynor, Child Nutrition Specialist, Team Lead
Robin Ashton, Child Nutrition Specialist
Cathy Brock, Child Nutrition Specialist, Summer Food Service Program Outreach Coordinator
Sarah English, Child Nutrition Specialist
Eliza Kondo, Child Nutrition Specialist
Kaitlin Skreen, Child Nutrition Specialist
Shannon Smith, Child Nutrition Specialist
Shirley Wu, Child Nutrition Specialist, Technical Assistance Coordinator
Teresa Murray, Fiscal & Audit Analyst
Emma Ahern, Program Analyst 1
Ashlie Eakins, Program Analyst 1
Community Nutrition E-mail box
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Upcoming CACFP Newsletters will be distributed the first week of each month.
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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 Complaint form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
- fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
- email:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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