SNP AR Prereview Training RCCI

Course Description

The School Nutrition Program (SNP) Administrative Review (AR) Prereview Training provides an overview of the AR and shares tips, strategies, and best practices for a successful AR for residential child care institutions. This training is designed to provide valuable information to help sponsors prepare for their AR. Content includes meal access and reimbursement, meal pattern and nutritional quality requirements, resource management, and general compliance areas, common AR findings, and overall strategies and solutions.

This online course consists of six mandatory modules and one module that is only mandatory if it applies to a sponsor’s operations. Completion of this required training is only recorded after the submitting an attestation.

• Course Number: 124
• Total Training Length: 5.25 hours
• Certificate: Available at the end of the training
• Target Audience: Food Service Directors or related staff at Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCI) schools
• Mandatory: Yes
• Cost: Free
• Date Recorded: September 2023

Online Course

• Module 1 – Overview of the Administrative Review Process (Required)
  
  
• Module 2 – Meal Access and Reimbursement (Required)
  
  
• Module 3 – Meal Pattern and Nutritional Quality (Required)
  
  
• Module 4 – Resource Management (Required)
  
  
• Module 5 – General Program Compliance, Part 1 (Required)
  
  
• Module 6 – General Program Compliance, Part 2 (Required)
  
  
• Module 7 – Other Federal Program Reviews (Required if Applicable)

Referenced Resources

Module 1

• United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) Administrative Review (AR) Manual (Manual AR) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• Administrative Review Off-site Assessment Tool Guidance (SNP 58 AR) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE Course 639: Learning about the Off-site Assessment Tool
  
  
• CDE School Nutrition Programs Administrative Review web page
  
  
• Toolbox for School Food Authorities' checklist (SNP 60 AR) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  

Module 2

• USDA 2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals (Manual Eligibility) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• Meal Count and Collection Procedures (MCCP) Worksheet (SNP 03) in the CNIPS Download Forms

Module 3

• Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Sodium Limit Chart (under the first dropdown section, titled What are the current requirements for sodium?)
  
  
• Management Bulletin (MB) SNP-03-2022 Transitional Meal Standards SY 2022-23 and 2023-24
  
  
• CDE RCCI Food Based Menu Planning Certification Exception Submittal (SNP 30) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE Menu Production Record Forms web page
  
  
• Menu Planning Quick Reference - Universal Meals (UM) Menu Planning in CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• Menu Production Records (MPR) in CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE Information Required on MPR web page
  
  
• CDE Breakfast Meal Pattern (kindergarten through grade twelve [K-12]) web page
  
  
• CDE Lunch Meal Pattern (Grades K-12) web page
  
  
• CDE National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns web page
  
  
• CDE Course 131: School Breakfast Meal Pattern Requirements
  
  
• CDE Course 226: School Lunch Meal Pattern Requirements
  
  
• USDA Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs PDF document (PDF)

• USDA FNS Crediting Tip Sheets in Child Nutrition Programs for all 5 meal components
  
  
• USDA FNS Offer Versus Serve Materials
  
  
• USDA Offer Versus Serve Guidance for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program (PDF)
  
  
• USDA Nutrient Analysis Protocols Manual (PDF)
  

Module 4

• Net Cash Resources Calculator Tool (SNP 57) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• Meal Equivalents and Cost Allocation Worksheet (SNP 65) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• MB SNP-06-2014: Documenting Employee Time and Effort in the SNPs
  
  
• MB SNP-04-2018: Equivalent Documentation for Multifunded Employees
  
  
• MB SNP-07-2020: Cafeteria Funds—Indirect Costs
  
  
• Cafeteria Fund Questions: Resource Management Unit email: SNPCafeFundQuestions@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• Accounting and California School Accounting Manual Questions – School Fiscal Services Division Email: SACSInfo@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• Procurement Resources Unit email: NSDProcurementReview@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• CDE Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs web page

Module 5

• USDA Nondiscrimination Statement (English)
  
  
• USDA Nondiscrimination Statement (Spanish)
  
  
• Policy Memo CRD 01-2022: Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing – Policy Update
  
  
• And Justice for All Poster requests: AJFAPosters@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• CDE Course 410: Civil Rights and Complaints
  
  
• USDA Complaint form
  
  
• NSD Civil Rights and Complaint Procedures
  
  
• MB SNP-13-2017: Local School Wellness Policy Final Rule--Revised
  
  
• CDE Local School Wellness Policy web page
  
  
• CDE Professional Standards web page
  
  
• Sample training tracking tool - Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool (usda.gov)
  
  
• Professional Standards Quick Reference – UM QR-Professional Standards in CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• ProfessionalStandards@cde.ca.gov

Module 6

• CDE Food Safety web page
  
  
• Guidance for School Food Authorities: Developing a School Food Safety Program Based on the Process Approach to HACCP Principles (PDF)
  
  
• MB SNP 05-2019: Food Safety Certification Requirements
  
  
• NSDBuyAmericanProvision@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• Buy American Provision Exception Documentation Instructions (PRU10a) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• Buy American Certification and Nondomestic Log for Micropurchases (PRU10b) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE Course 712: Part 7: Buy American Provision for SNPs
  
  
• USDA Policy Memo SP 38-2017: Compliance with the Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the National School Lunch Program
  
  
• CDE Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs web page
  
  
• CDE Supply Chain Assistance Funds web page
  
  
• SNP Task Checklist in the CNIPS Download Forms

Module 7

• USDA Administrative Review Manual (Manual AR) in the CNIPS Download Forms

Crediting

• Crediting: 5.25 hour(s)
• Key Area: Administration (3000)
  • Training Topic: Program Management (3200), Financial Management (3300)
    • Learning Objective: AR Preparation (3260)

For more information on crediting, see the USDA web document Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF).

Additional Information

For more information regarding SNP AR, see the CDE SNP AR web page.

Contact Us

If you have technical difficulties or questions regarding the course content, please contact the PRT Workgroup by email at PRTQuestions@cde.ca.gov.