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On March 7, 2021, President Biden passed Executive Order (EO) 14019. This Executive Order encourages agencies to consider ways to expand citizens' opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process.
Through the Child Nutrition Programs, operators have the ability to reach Americans to provide them with information about voting.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) encourages all State agencies administering the Child Nutrition Programs to provide local program operators with promotional materials, including voter registration and non-partisan, non-campaign election information, to disseminate among voting-age program participants and their families.
Ideas include, but are not limited to, encouraging:
- School food authorities administering the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in high schools, and adult day care centers and emergency shelters participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to promote voter registration and election information among voting-age participants and use congregate feeding areas, such as cafeterias, or food distribution sites, as sites for the dissemination of information;
- Operators of the CACFP and the Summer Food Service Program to post flyers with voter registration and election information to reach parents and/or guardians of young participants; and
- All program operators to post information on their website and social media channels, and link to relevant resources, including vote.gov.
For a sample flyer please visit USAGov’s Quick Guide to Voting in 2020 as an example of information that may be used by program operators.
For State and local election websites please visit Find My State or Local Election Office Website.
The Child Nutrition Programs play an essential role in the health and development of our nation’s children, and can also play a role in enabling all Americans to participate in our democracy.
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.
Site staff must be trained annually on CACFP Requirements. Training must include instruction appropriate to the level of staff experience and duties, on specific Program topics. It is required that Sponsors must retain all training documentation to include the date of training, topics covered, training material(s) used, and participant attendance (with printed name and signature).
Required CACFP Training Topics Include:
- CACFP Meal Patterns
- Meal Counts
- Claims Submission and Review Procedures
- Recordkeeping Requirements
- Reimbursement Process
- Civil Rights
Do You Have New Site Staff?
Sponsors must train all new staff on CACFP Program duties soon after they are hired. If you have new staff in key CACFP roles (ex. Program Director or cook), please notify your CACFP Specialist. Your Specialist will work with you to assign training as appropriate for your new staff members specific to the CACFP component(s) that you operate.
Resources
Questions? Contact your CACFP Program Specialist.
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. The good news is that for those registered in SAM.gov, a new Unique Entity ID should already have been assigned; it is viewable in the SAM.gov entity registration record.
Please refer to the Guide to Getting a Unique Entity ID if you need to obtain a unique entity ID (SAM) for your organization without having to complete a full entity registration.
Questions? Contact your CACFP Program Specialist.
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
- Administrative Program Specialist – multiple programs
- Business Analyst
- Fiscal Specialist
- Fiscal Analyst
Join the Farm to ECE Community of Practice call to learn how early learning programs can bring gardening into their programming.
Register for the April Farm to ECE Community of Practice Call
Date: Tuesday, April 26
Time: 3–4 pm PT
This call will include information on:
- Community gardens
- On-site gardens
- Classroom gardening activities
- Technical assistance organizations in your area to identify funding opportunities
- Questions/Answers
- Feedback request- What can we do to help you start a successful garden.
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