Food establishments will be required to have at least one employee with a Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) certificate starting on March 1, 2023, per WAC 246-215-02107.
This includes unlicensed facilities such as LEA & community based At-Risk centers, nonresidential adult care facilities and emergency shelters.
Facilities that are licensed (DCYF, Military, or Tribal) are exempt from this requirement.
The CFPM’s responsibilities include training managers and staff, implementing a food safety program, and ensuring food safety requirements and procedures are followed. A CFPM is not required to be employed at each site. One employee may be the CFPM for all sites within an organization (such as the Food Service Director). If the CFPM leaves employment, a new CFPM must be on staff within 60 days.
The CFPM certificate must be obtained through an ANSI accredited organization. You can view a list of accredited organizations that issue food protection manager certifications on the Washington Department of Health’s (DOH) website. National Restaurant Association ServSafe, Food Protection Manager Training meets the CPFM certification requirements.
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Civil Rights Requirements
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated their nondiscrimination statement in May 2022 to clarify prohibitions against discrimination based on sex in all USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs.
Sponsors must:
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Update program discrimination complaint processing procedures to include complaints alleging sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, if not currently part of your organizational practices.
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Process any complaints alleging sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination as complaints of sex discrimination.
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Ensure webpages and other widely distributed documents contain required Civil Rights information, including:
- 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.
- OSPI CNS updated documents to include the updated statement in English and Spanish. USDA will be updating their Nondiscrimination Statement Webpage as additional translations are made available. Be sure to use the document listed under the "All Other Programs NDS" column.
- Information regarding Child Nutrition Programs in languages commonly encountered in your program(s).
- Operators and sponsors are required to take reasonable steps to ensure program access and benefits to individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).
- Information regarding accommodating disabilities and special dietary needs in your program(s).
- Details on how to file a Civil Rights complaint, including complaint procedures.
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Continue using the 2019 'And Justice for All' posters OSPI CNS has ordered updated 'And Justice for All' posters, we are currently waiting to receive these items and will announce when distribution will begin. Until you receive the updated posters, please continue using the 2019 'And Justice for All' posters in areas where participants may see it.
Civil Rights Training
Civil Rights training must be completed annually by all staff who help administer a Child Nutrition Program. Program directors and administrators must train staff on organizational practices and requirements.
Review Your Requirements with the CNS Civil Rights Training!
CNP sponsors, administrators, and directors of organizations must be trained annually on Civil Rights requirements, as well as train program staff on their requirements. While this training goes over what is required for Civil Rights training, it does not go into your organization’s practices. Additional training must be provided to staff to meet requirements.
How To Access This Training
Anyone is able to access the Civil Rights training in the Moodle platform. NOTE: You must have a Moodle Account to access this training.
Questions? Please email the Child Nutrition inbox so we may assist.
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Welcome Back to a New Year!
While it's only January, it's already time for us to start thinking about Summer Meals, and what better way than a kickoff event?
The last couple years have brought us lots of changes in our programs. To help stay in touch, we invite you to join us for a short webinar next month. During this webinar, we will introduce staff, discuss training, and provide information regarding 2023 SFSP plans.
Register for the 2023 SFSP Kickoff Webinar
Date: Wednesday, February 15
Time: 2–3 pm PT
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) reimbursement rates for 2023.
Rates are effective for the time period of January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Review the rates on the CNS Claims and Fiscal webpage, under the SFSP dropdown.
Questions? Please email the summer meals team.
Federal child nutrition programs, including the SFSP, have unique and complex regulations and requirements that must always be met.
If an applying organization has never operated a child nutrition program, we consider it a best practice to recommend they operate as SFSP site(s) under an existing SFSP sponsor the first year. This allows new organizations to:
- Serve meals to the community and get acquainted with the program requirements.
- Sponsors have final administrative and financial responsibility for all sponsored sites.
- Unknown projection of participation numbers during the first year may lead to Program unsustainability. Becoming a sponsored site allows new operators to gauge participation levels at proposed sites for future planning and budgeting.
- SFSP is a reimbursement program. This means funding is only provided for eligible meals that are served to participants.
If you are a current SFSP sponsor and would like to hear more about helping new organizations serve our youth meals this summer, please email the Summer Meals team.
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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
Fiscal Analyst 3- Recruitment closes January 25, 2022
Administrative Program Specialist (In Training) Candidate Pool- Recruitment is ongoing
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The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health was a great success due to valuable input provided by conference participants across the country. For more information about the conference, action steps and goals moving forward, please review the following:
Post-Conference Updates
To keep momentum of the Conference, please join the Biden-Harris administration for their first post-Conference monthly update.
Register for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Monthly Update session
Date: Wednesday, January 25
Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm PT
In September 2022, the USDA issued a Final Rule for streamlining Program requirements and improving integrity in the SFSP. The rule became effective 10/1/2022, and compliance with the provisions must begin May 1, 2023. Key aspects of the Final Rule are:
- Decrease paperwork burdens while making permanent operational flexibilities.
- Give sponsors the ability to focus program oversight and technical assistance on sites that need it most.
- Ease redundant requirements for high performing, experienced program operators.
- Provide local control of meal service times and allow children to take one non-perishable item offsite to eat later.
- Provide clarification on performance standards, program definitions, and other program requirements.
- This rule also codifies FNS’ statutory waiver authority for all child nutrition programs including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program and SFSP.
CNS will go over the impact of these changes on SFSP operations during annual training. More information can be found on USDA's Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the SFSP webpages.
Register now to attend free, live, interactive training sessions for child nutrition professionals offered by the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN). These virtual training sessions feature individual lessons led by ICN's expert trainers on important topics for child nutrition professionals in child care programs.
Trainings will be held in January–March 2023. Some of the child care trainings include:
- Food Safety in Child care (4 hours)
- Introductions to Happy Mealtimes in Child Care Settings (4 hours)
- Norovirus in Child Care (2 hours)
- Training Culturally Diverse Groups (4 hours)
- Basic Culinary Math (4 hours)
For a list of trainings as well as training dates and times, please visit ICN’s VILT Registration page.
Registration is limited to 25 participants per session, and training sessions will fill up quickly.
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