School Meal Programs Annual Training will be held 8/8 & 8/9 at Central Washington University in
Ellensburg, WA.
Who Should Attend?
This training is meant to enhance your knowledge about the School Meal Programs and allow time for you to connect to other School Food Service Directors around the state. Training is free to attend; however, participants must pay for meals, parking, and any overnight stays.
Registration Information
- Each participant must register for the event using their own pdEnroller account.
- While there is an option to register more than one attendee with one account, you will not be able to register each person for different sessions. Due to this issue, we recommend each participant to register with their own account.
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Create your free pdEnroller account if you do not have one already.
- Please limit attendance to 3 people per LEA to ensure all who are interested in attending may have the opportunity.
- Registrants will receive a confirmation email with their selected sessions! Keep this email for your records!
Register for the SY 22–23 School Meal Programs Annual Training today!
Dates
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Monday, August 8 - Pre-Con Day
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New Director Training | 12–4 pm
- Are you new to the School Meal Programs? This session is aimed at new Food Service Directors and Managers. Join us for a 4-hour, interactive overview of Performance Standard 1: Certification & Benefit Issuance, Performance Standard 2: Meal Pattern Requirements, and General Areas with the goal to set you up for a successful school year.
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SY 2022–23 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Annual Training | 1–4 pm
- Did you get funding to operate the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program for the upcoming school year? Join this pre-con session to review the program. Required for new FFVP operators, this session is appropriate for returning sponsors as well.
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Tuesday, August 9 - Annual Training—Planned training sessions will include a variety of topics for both new and seasoned staff. Best Practice: Review the Annual Training Schedule to review session descriptions and class times before registering!
Recorded Training Option
All planned trainings will be recorded and posted to the School Meal Programs Annual Training Moodle course for those who are unable to attend this in-person training. Maximize your Professional Standards Credits by viewing all trainings! Please note: You must have a Moodle Account to access these annual trainings.
Questions? Please email Sam Brueske, Training and Communications Specialist.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall of Jif® peanut butter products sold in the U.S. due to potential Salmonella contamination.
USDA Foods are not impacted by this recall. The recalled peanut butter was distributed nationwide in retail stores and other outlets. Recalled products include the products below with lot codes 1274425 – 2140425. Lot codes are included alongside best-if-used-by date.
We encourage Child Nutrition Program sponsors to monitor the most current information on this recall and those related to it on the FDA’s Recalls, Market Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts webpage.
Questions? Please contact the J.M. Smucker Co. at 800-828-9980.
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) renewal closing date for the current program year is June 30, 2022.
Sponsors who do not renew their CACFP application by June 30, will not be eligible to operate CACFP the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 22 (July- September 2022).
Sponsors most affected by this change are those who plan to operate At Risk or Pre-school programs that start in August or September 2022 who have not operated CACFP this school year.
School Districts that do not renew their CACFP application by June 30 for their pre-school programs may decide to:
- Claim pre-school children on NSLP for SY 2022–23
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- Claim pre-school children on NSLP for August/September 2022, then renew their FY 23 CACFP application and claim preschool children on CACFP October 2022–June 2023.
If you plan to operate CACFP in the Summer or Fall and have not yet renewed your CACFP application, please contact your CACFP Specialist to start this process.
For more details on this and other changes in FY 23, watch the “What’s New in CACFP” recorded webinar.
All Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Sponsors with multiple sites must have an Outside Employment Policy (OEP) that states work outside of the school district:
- In no way interferes with the performance of the employee’s duties, including CACFP-related duties or responsibilities; AND
- Is performed outside the employee’s approved work schedule and off school district premises
About the OEP
“Outside employment” includes self-employment, consulting activities and volunteer activities that, if compensated, could be considered outside employment.
The OEP is to be reviewed with all School District employees with CACFP roles at least once annually. New employees must be instructed on the outside employment policy during their first month of employment.
The School District must maintain an up to date OEP on file, but does not to submit these to OSPI. This documentation may be reviewed during CACFP administrative reviews.
Questions? Please contact your CACFP Specialist.
What is it: The Farm to School Purchasing Grant is a competitive reimbursement grant that supports the purchase and use of local, Washington-grown foods in child nutrition programs.
Who can apply: Active NSLP and CACFP sponsors.
Funding is available for SY 2022–23.
Join Us for an Info Session!
Register for a Farm to School Purchasing Grant Info Session to learn about the program and how to apply. Both sessions will include the same information and a recording will be made available.
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The non-competitive Safe School Meals Grant (Form Package 170) has been utilized by over 240 School Food Authorities around the state. This is a reminder that equipment and supplies purchased with this grant must be on-site by May 31, 2022.
Questions? Please email the CNS Grants team.
WSU Extension SNAP-Ed would like your input to determine training and nutrition education needs and preferences among school food service and early childhood education providers.
Please take 5 minutes to complete this Training and Nutrition Education Survey before Friday, May 27.
All public school districts and private schools must conduct outreach for summer meals each school year as required by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The outreach is to advertise the availability of summer meals before the end of the school year. Even if you are not sponsoring an SFSP program, you must share resources that allow households to locate summer meals in the area.
Outreach includes distributing locations, meal times, and contact information through your regular communication channels.
There are a number of resources, in both English and Spanish, to raise awareness in your community.
- USDA Resources
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Summer Meals Locator- Promote this tool in English or Spanish.
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USDA National Hunger Hotline- can be reached Monday–Friday
- Families can call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479)
- For Spanish, families can call 1-877-8-HAMBRE (1-877-842-6273)
- No Kid Hungry Resources
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The OSPI Communication Toolkit located on the SFSP Resources webpage, under the 'Promote the SFSP' dropdown. There you'll find:
- Social Media Graphics and Sample Social Media Posts
- Marketing Materials such as flyers, door hangers, and a banner image
Questions? Please contact your School Meals Program Specialist.
OSPI Child Nutrition Services is opening a new grant opportunity!
Child Nutrition Services will soon be opening a grant opportunity for public school districts, charter schools, and Tribal Compact Schools with at least one school mandated to implement Breakfast after the Bell (BAB) and/or Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), in school year 2022–23.
Grant awards will be $10,000 each and used to purchase equipment and supplies to implement or expand BAB and/or CEP.
Application Details
Applications will be available soon in iGrants as Form Package 203. The grant will close June 6, 2022.
In preparing to apply, identifying equipment and receiving quotes, please also ensure all equipment will be on site by August 31, 2022.
The application will ask that you specify how the funding will be used to implement BAB or CEP. To award, a modified lottery system weighing applications based on local education agency-wide free and reduced-price percentage will be used.
Child Nutrition Services will notify everyone through the CNS Newsletters when the application opens.
Questions about the grant may be emailed to Mikhail Cherniske.
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May 31
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March 60-day Claiming Deadline - if you haven't already, submit your claim |
| June 15 |
May Claims Due in WINS |
| June 30 |
CEP Applications Due in WINS |
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