Required Annual Training
OSPI Child Nutrition Services annual training is mandatory for sponsors to maintain eligibility to participate in CACFP. At a minimum, the person responsible for oversight of the CACFP must attend. This training is intended for directors and administrators. Training will be held virtually as a series of modules in Moodle. Modules will be assigned to sponsors specific to components of CACFP they operate and participants they enroll.
Where: Virtual Training-Modules in Moodle
When: Available in late September
Optional Training
Three (3) enhancement trainings will be conducted in October throughout the state and will provide information beyond the basics of CACFP requirements.
Training tracks will be offered specific to sponsor type and include:
- *Family Day Care Home (FDCH)/Unaffiliated Sponsors
- Multi-Site affiliated Sponsors
- Independent Sponsors
- At-Risk Sponsors
Save the date for the training near you!
Registration will be released in the coming weeks!
- Renton, Puget Sound ESD 121 | Tuesday, October 18
- Olympia, ESD 113 | Thursday, October 20
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*Ellensburg, CWU | Tuesday, October 25
*Please note: FDCH and Unaffiliated Sponsors tracks will only be offered in Ellensburg.
Adult Care Centers Annual Training will be conducted virtually
For more details upcoming changes in FY23, watch the “What’s New in CACFP” recorded webinar.
Teresa Diaz, CACFP Administrative Program Specialist
Teresa will be working as a CACFP Administrative Program Specialist covering Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, and Okanogan Counties.
Teresa comes to us with over 25 years of child development experience from both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Her background includes work with Family Day Care Homes, before and after school care, as well as summer day camp programs. Over the past ten years she has worked as the Child Nutrition Sponsor Administrator for a large nonprofit organization in Tacoma, Belfair, and Kitsap Counties. She is looking forward to bringing a new perspective to OSPI CNS and is ready to get to work assisting and guiding sponsors in her region.
Teresa will begin her work at OSPI by assisting with SFSP reviews this summer.
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Due to supply chain issues; the February recall of several baby formulas due to possible contamination, and; the voluntary closure of a facility in Michigan by Abbott Laboratories, many families may still be facing issues obtaining infant formula.
Information for Families
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Encourage families to reach out to their child’s primary care provider. Family doctors and care teams are a great source of information for any questions or concerns about health and nutrition. They can help families switch to a formula that’s easier to find, give tips on where to go to find formula, and help direct families to which formulas may be best for their baby.
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If they do not have a primary care provider, families can call the Help Me Grow Hotline. If a family needs a health care provider, encourage them to call the Help Me Grow WA hotline at 1-800-322-2588 for referrals and to apply for food and health resources in Washington.
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Share these WIC and SNAP supports with families
- For WIC participants and families:
- Contact a local WIC clinic for help finding infant formula.
- WIC added a total of 60 different formula options since the recall began to offer more choices for families in the program.
- If families can’t reach a local clinic, call the state WIC office at 1-800-841-1410 Monday to Friday, 8 am–5 pm PT.
- Check the Washington WIC web page for more information on approved replacement infant formulas.
- Basic Food (SNAP) benefits:
- Can be used to shop for infant formula at a variety of stores, including drugstores.
- Benefits can be used to shop in person or online.
- Families can find out if they're eligible to participate in SNAP by visiting the Parenthelp123 web page or call 1-800-322-2588.
Resources
The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health is a unique opportunity to accelerate progress and drive transformative change in the U.S. to end hunger, improve nutrition and physical activity, reduce diet-related disease, and close the disparities around them.
The conference sets out the goal of ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity in the U.S. by 2030 so fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
The conference will be held in September 2022. Leading up to the conference, the White House will host virtual listening sessions open to the public so we can hear from every region of the country, territories and Tribal Nations.
Register Now for the Western Region Listening Session
Date: Wednesday, June 15
Time: 12–2 pm PT
You can also register for the Spanish-only session being held on Monday, June 13, from 10 am–12 pm PT (1–3 pm Eastern Time).
For more information or to register for a listening session visit the White House Conference On Hunger, Nutrition and Health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released updated Civil Rights Division (CRD) policy memos.
Important Updates
These memos clarify prohibitions against discrimination based on sex in all USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs and related implementing regulations that prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.
What this means: Child Nutrition Program operators and sponsors may not discriminate or deny access to programs based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Next Steps
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Effective Immediately: If not currently part of your organizational practices, update program discrimination complaint processing procedures to include complaints alleging sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.
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Effective Immediately: Process any complaints alleging sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination as complaints of prohibited sex discrimination. There will not be a grace period for accepting and processing discrimination complaints based on sexual orientation and gender identity in FNS programs.
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Before August 3, 2022: Update webpages and documents with the updated USDA Child Nutrition Programs Nondiscrimination Statement.
- The nondiscrimination statement is required on all documents referring to program access, program approval, and widely distributed documents. Examples include: items distributed to the public, landing page of web pages, student handbooks, brochures, letters to families, or press releases.
- Child Nutrition Program operators and sponsors are required to take reasonable steps to ensure program access and benefits to individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).
- The USDA is currently working to translate the updated nondiscrimination statement into additional languages. Please do not translate the nondiscrimination statement at this time.
- OSPI CNS will update documents previously translated with the updated nondiscrimination statement. Please keep an eye out for future CNS Updates.
Additional Details
- OSPI CNS is ordering updated And Justice for All Posters and will be distributing them over the coming months. Until you receive the updated posters, please continue using the 2019 And Justice for All poster.
- We understand many program operators and sponsors are preparing materials for the upcoming program year.
- If your organization has already printed materials that include the previous nondiscrimination statement, you are not required to re-print documents.
- If your organization has not printed materials, please use the updated versions as they become available on the OSPI CNS webpages.
- OSPI CNS will be updating reference sheets, materials, and webpages in the coming weeks.
Questions? Please email the Child Nutrition inbox for assistance.
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