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As part of National Nutrition Month®, we are excited to announce that many of the professional and consumer resources for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 are now available in Spanish. We invite you to check out these new resources on DietaryGuidelines.gov.
 Thank you for the important work that you do every day to improve the health of Americans by encouraging healthy food and beverage choices in communities where you live and work.
Join USDA's Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Civil Rights Division for the Modifications to Accommodate Disabilities in Community Nutrition Programs training!
Register for the Modifications to Accommodate Disabilities in Community Nutrition Programs Webinar
Date: Wednesday, April 6
Time: 10–11 am PT
OSPI Child Nutrition staff will be on the call to help answer questions. Please expect any follow up from this training to be released in an upcoming CNS Update.
Questions? Please email the SFSP Team.
Since the late 1970's, each legal entity that received funds from the U.S. Government was required to have a unique identifier called a DUNS number. On April 4, 2022, the federal government will be moving away from the DUNS Number as its official entity identifier and toward the new Unique Entity ID (SAM), which will be generated in SAM.gov.
All Child Nutrition Sponsors should already have their DUNS number registered at SAM.gov. If you do not know your SAM ID or have never registered for one, you can go to www.sam.gov to register for a new account and request your unique SAM ID in a few minutes.
Communication from CNS
If you received a survey link from OSPI titled “Needed Fiscal Information-SAM ID”, we were not able to find your SAM ID in the database at www.sam.gov. It is important that you obtain a SAM ID and complete this survey as soon as possible. We need to add a SAM ID for all Sponsors in WINS prior to our next federal reporting deadline.
Questions? Contact the Summer Meals team.
Who Must Attend Annual Training?
Training is required for all sponsors who wish to operate the SFSP. Sponsor administrators must attend training and then train all sponsor staff.
Training Requirements
Sponsors must complete the following training to operate the SFSP in summer 2022:
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Program Training
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New Sponsors are required to attend an in-person SFSP Annual Training. If you did not attend previously, there's still a chance!
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Returning Sponsors may attend In-Person SFSP Annual Training or the virtual SFSP Returning Sponsors Training (live or recorded) to meet their annual training requirements.
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Virtual SFSP Returning Sponsors Training
This live training will be recorded and posted to the SFSP Returning Sponsors Annual Training Moodle after closed captioning is complete. Please register below if you would like to attend the live Returning SFSP Sponsors training.
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In-Person SFSP Annual Training
If you are a returning sponsor and would prefer to attend the New Sponsor in-person training rather than the Returning Sponsor recorded training you can register below:
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Recorded Trainings
Recorded trainings will be completed in Moodle. Please keep an eye out for upcoming CNS Updates for information on when they will become available.
- Civil Rights* recorded training
- Procurement* recorded training
- Budget and Financial Viability, Capability, and Accountability (VCA)* training
*NOTE: Civil Rights & Procurement trainings can be waived if training was completed earlier in the year with another CNS program. Please keep documentation regarding training completed. The Budget and Financial Viability, Capability, and Accountability (VCA) training is not required for Local Education Agencies.
Please review the Intro to SFSP recorded training for details on program operations.
Additional Details
We anticipate WINS will open for SFSP applications in mid-April. More details will be available in the coming weeks.
As our 2/21 Newsletter Article states, new SFSP sponsors must be assessed for VCA as part of the onboarding process (LEAs are exempt). It can take approximately three (3) months to assess VCA, and this must be done prior to submitting a SFSP application. If VCA is not determined by the federal application deadline of June 15, 2022, organizations will be not be able to move forward as a new SFSP sponsor this summer.
Questions? Contact your OSPI CNS Program Specialist or email the Summer Meals Team.
Do you believe in the power of good nutrition? Are you interested in assisting school districts and other institutions in providing children with healthy and nutritious meals? CNS is seeking skilled candidates for several positions. Does this sound like you? Apply to join the CNS team today!
Current Recruitments
Upcoming Recruitments
- Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and Special Programs Supervisor
- Business Analyst
- Fiscal Specialist
- Fiscal Analyst
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WSDA Farm to School and OSPI is excited to offer a new Farm to School Purchasing Grant available to schools, child care centers, and summer meal program operators for the purchase and use of Washington-grown foods in child nutrition programs.
The Washington State Legislature provided $5 million in the 2021–23 state budget to make grants and expand the WSDA Farm to School program.
52 grantees were awarded for the first round of this grant!
A second round of grants are coming soon! Please keep an eye out in future CNS Updates for more details.
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