Community Nutrition Updates for the Week of 1/20

• Update: New Child Nutrition Permanent Agreement Webinar!

• Update: School and Summer Meals Proposed Rules

• FYI: Your Comments Needed - USDA Requesting Information

• FYI: Save the Date for Free CACFP Meal Pattern Training - Updated!

• FYI: CACFP Trainer’s Tools - Feeding Infants

• FYI: What is Financial Viability? Register Now for Training!

• Important Dates to Remember

Update: New Child Nutrition Permanent Agreement Webinar!

Join us for a webinar on Thursday, January 23 at 2:00pm to learn about the new permanent agreement and what to expect during this process. Register here!

We are releasing the new Child Nutrition Programs Permanent Agreement this week!

All sponsors participating in Child Nutrition Programs signed a Permanent Agreement when they first began operating a Child Nutrition Program. We were required to make changes to the Permanent Agreement including combining separate program agreements (National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), etc.) into one unified agreement.

Note: This Permanent Agreement is separate from the annual renewal that is completed in the Washington Integrated Nutrition System (WINS). Here’s what you need to know:

• School meal program sponsors will be the first to go through the process.

• The new agreement includes all Child Nutrition Programs and applies to any program a sponsor is eligible to operate.

• For Local Education Agencies, the Superintendent is the designated signer. For all other sponsor types, the designated signer depends on your organization structure.

• We will be using DocuSign to collect electronic signatures. We will send an email containing the agreement – called an “envelope” – to the designated signer.

• The new agreement will replace the one currently in effect between OSPI and your organization.

Questions? Email Amber Lopez or call 360-725-6208.

Update: School and Summer Meals Proposed Rules

On January 21st, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will post two proposed rules to the Federal Register.

• Simplifying Meal Service and Monitoring Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program

• Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the Summer Food Service Program

USDA will open a 60-day comment period for both proposed rules on www.regulations.gov.

Child Nutrition Services will share additional information as it becomes available.

FYI: Your Comments Needed - USDA Requesting Information

Information Collection for CACFP USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) requests information every 3 years. USDA FNS must publish the burden, or time and frequency, of every paperwork requirement for the entire CACFP.

This revises reporting and recordkeeping burden and adds public disclosure burdens that were not captured in previous information requests.

We encourage you to comment on the accuracy of the burden estimates in this request. Your comments provide important feedback that allow for the successful operation and improvement of CACFP. Written comments are due by February 24, 2020.

Submit your comments to the Federal Register here.

FYI: Save the Date for Free CACFP Meal Pattern Training - Updated!

In collaboration with the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN), OSPI is offering free full-day CACFP meal pattern trainings around the state this spring and summer.

There will be travel grants for up to $500 available for institutions to apply for in February. Stayed tuned in the coming weeks for more information on how to apply for a travel grant!

In the meantime, save the date for a training you would like to participate in. Each full-day training is scheduled from 8:00am to 4:00pm (approximately). Training Dates

• March 25, 2020 - Vancouver, WA

• March 26, 2020 - Vancouver, WA

• April 16, 2020 - Olympia, WA

• April 17, 2020 - Olympia, WA

• April 29, 2020 - Anacortes, WA

• April 30, 2020 - Anacortes, WA

• May 20, 2020 - Wenatchee, WA

• May 21, 2020 - Wenatchee, WA

• May 27, 2020 - Spokane, WA • May 28, 2020 - Spokane, WA

• June 17, 2020 - Bremerton, WA

• June 18, 2020 - Bremerton, WA

• July 29, 2020 - Renton, WA

• July 30, 2020 - Renton, WA

• August 26, 2020 - Pasco, WA

• August 27, 2020 - Pasco, WA

Questions? Contact Bianca Smith at 360-725-6057.

FYI: CACFP Trainer’s Tools - Feeding Infants

If you serve infants on the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and you are looking for training material for your staff, USDA’s Team Nutrition has released CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants in both English and Spanish!

These training materials are meant to enhance training for operators on the infant meal pattern and brings topics to life from Team Nutrition’s Feeding Infants in the CACFP guide – available in English and Spanish.

Materials in the kit include:

• The trainer’s guide;

• Presentation slides and trainer notes;

• Videos; and

• Digital interactive games.

Materials are now available at: https://www.fns.usda.gov/resource/cacfp-trainers-tools- feeding-infants.

FYI: What is Financial Viability? Register Now for Training!

Financial viability can mean different things depending on the type of sponsor. Are you a large organization with many centers? Are you a one-site organization? Come get all your financial viability questions answered in this interactive, online training that you can do any time.

In this course, you will discover more about performance standards and just how to answer "what is financial viability?" Select this link to register

NOTE: You will have to enter the enrollment key - CORE (case sensitive)

This training is available through March 2020.

For more information, please visit the CORE training FAQ.

Important Dates to Remember January 23 New CNS Permanent Agreement Webinar