TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 111 California Association of School...

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of Public Instruction

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California Association of School Business Officials

2013 Annual ConferenceLong Beach

California Department of EducationNutrition Services Division

State Update, Session I

Sandip Kaur – Carol Chase HuegliChris Kavooras – Greg Heilner


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Welcome


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Today’s Overview

$.06 Certification and Validation

Direct Certification and Reverse Eligibility

USDA Foods Update


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$.06 Certificationand Validation


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Menu Certification Status(as of March 29, 2013)

877 - Total menu packets received723 - Total certified_________________154 - Current inventory

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Menu Certification Status

Anticipated Inventory - 260 additional packets(April – June 2013)

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Menu Certification Challenges

• Incomplete certification packets• Information mismatch

– USDA Worksheet– Menus– Nutrient analyses

• Number of SFAs that have not submitted

• Completing required validation reviews 7


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Validation Reviews

What is a validation review?


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Validation Reviews

• 25% of certified sponsors

• Random selection

• Announced

• Scheduled in advance


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Validation Reviews(as of March 29, 2013)

229 - Agencies Selected

55 - Additional Agencies (anticipated)

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Total 284 Agencies


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Validation Reviews

CDEs primary function this year is to provide

•Training

•Technical assistance


Updated Breakfast Requirements

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• Effective July 1, 2013• Must offer three required components

– Grain– Fruit (vegetable)– Milk

• Offer versus Serve– Must offer at least four food items– Student may decline one item

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• Grains– Half of grains must be whole grain

rich– Daily/weekly minimum requirement

• Calorie ranges• Age/grade groups: K-5, 6-8, 9-12• Single Food-Based Menu Planning

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New Meal Pattern and

Menu Certification Training


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New Meal Pattern andMenu Certification Training

Attendance•Make It Right: Lunch Menu Planning Workshops

– 111 Completed – 1,315 Individuals– 813 Sponsors

•Menu Certification Trainings– 121 Completed – 1,201 Individuals– 839 Sponsors


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New Meal Pattern andMenu Certification Training

Attendance•One-on-One Technical Assistance for Menu Certification


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New Meal Pattern and Certification Training Plan 2012-2013

• Continue– Make It Right! Lunch Menu Planning– Menu Certification Trainings– Technical Assistance

• One-on-one sessions following trainings• E-mail and phone support• Online support through desktop sharing

– Successful Menu Planning Trainings– Financial Management I and II



• Begin– Breakfast Menu Planning Workshops– Webinars– Outreach Tool Kit– Ambassador Leadership Conferences

and Technical Assistance– FARMS@Schools

• Freshly-Prepared, Appealing, Regional Meals and Snacks at Schools

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• Webinars• Successful Menu Planning• Financial Management I and II• Frontline Staff Training and Skill

Development• Ambassador Training and

Technical Assistance

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New Meal Plan and CertificationCommunications

• New Meal Pattern Priorities (NewMAPP) ListServ E-mails– Informational– Training Schedules

• Management Bulletins– U.S. Department of Agriculture Policy

Memos and other guidance– Nutrition Services Division policy decisions

• Letter from SSPI Torlakson

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• FRESH Meals Culinary Centers– Standardized, field-tested recipes– Focus on USDA Foods and local products– Minimal ingredients– Limited equipment requirements– Salad bar recipes and templates– Best practices

• Large, small, urban, and rural districts

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New Meal Plan and CertificationOutreach

• Regional Child Nutrition Consultants• Outreach Phone Calls• Identifying Geographic “Gaps”• California School Boards Association• Conferences and Meetings

– California Association of School Business Officials

– California School Nutrition Association

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Questions:

• E-mail [email protected] or• Call 916-322-2003

Receive NewMAPP e-mails:http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sn/snpmail.asp

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mailto:[email protected]

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sn/snpmail.asp


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Direct Certification


Direct Certification (DC)Update

HHFKA Requirements:

To improve States’ performance in directly certifying CalFresh (formerly Food Stamp) eligible children for free school meals.

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Elimination of Letter Method

Three matches per school year

No further action by households

Current DCHHFKA Requirements


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USDA’s Annual Report to Congress

• DC Benchmarks 80% in 2012-13 90% in 2013-14 95% in 2014-15

• DC ranking/calculations for CA


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Separation of SNAP & TANF data

New Verification Reporting tool

Changes to CALPADS & CNIPS

Upcoming DCHHFKA Requirements


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USDA FoodsUpdate

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Food Distribution ProgramManagement Bulletins

Reporting End Product Activity on Monthly Performance Reports (USDA-FDP-07-2012) Provides a reminder for approved U.S. Department

of Agriculture (USDA) Foods processors of the requirements for reporting end product activity on monthly performance reports.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/fd/mbusdafdp072012.asp

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Food Distribution Program Management Bulletins

Frozen Fruit Products and Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs (USDA-FDP-09-2012)

– Revised USDA Policy Memo SP 20-2012

– Allows schools to continue to serve frozen fruit with added sugar in the NSLP through SY 2013–14

– Provides schools time to use existing frozen fruit inventories and industry to reformulate and pack new frozen fruit products

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Food Distribution Program

Management Bulletins

Offering School Food Authorities the Required Value and Variety of U.S. Department of Agriculture Foods, and Efficient and Cost Effective Distribution (USDA-FDP-01-2013)

– States must provide request-driven ordering of USDA Foods

– States must ensure efficient and cost-effective distribution of USDA Foods

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Food Distribution Program2011-12 Carryover Balances at

USDA Foods Processors

• Sweep of carryover pounds complete as of December 31, 2012

• Schools were left with total number of pounds used between July 1 and October 31, 2012

• FDP verified pounds were moved to the Excess State Account using the Monthly Performance Reports

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Food Distribution Program

Child Nutrition (CN) Labeling and Production Specification Requirements•NSD has convened a workgroup to provide guidance and training on the documentation required to validate meal pattern contribution for commercial food products without approved CN labels

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