FFVP Orientation Series

Course Description

This online training covers an overview of the FFVP grant, describes all funding and expenditure categories, and reviews the claim process in the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS).

• Course Number: 900
• Training Length: 1.5 hours
• Certificate: Available at the end of the training
• Target Audience: FFVP grantees
• Mandatory: Yes for FFVP grantees
• Cost: Free
• Date Recorded: January 2021
  

Online Course

Begin the FFVP Orientation Series training course.

Referenced Resources

The following resources are referred to throughout this online course:

The California Department of Education (CDE) Referenced Resources

• CDE California FFVP web page

• CDE FFVP Funding Results web page

• CDE California’s Farm to Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) web page

• CDE Indirect Cost Rates web page

• CDE Procurement in School Nutrition Programs (SNP) web page

• CDE Procurement in CNP web page

• CDE Management Bulletin SNP-06-2014, Documenting Employee Time and Effort in the SNPs

• CDE FFVP User Manual for Claiming in CNIPS (Under the Resource tab)

• CNIPS login web page

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Referenced Resources

• USDA Team Nutrition web page

• USDA Choose MyPlate website

• USDA FFVP web page

• USDA FFVP Policy Memos web page

• USDA FFVP Resource Center web page

• USDA Farm to School Initiative web page

• USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit web page

• USDA Procuring Local Foods for CNPs

• USDA Policy Memo SP-38-2017, Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the National School Lunch Program

• USDA FFVP: A Handbook for Schools (PDF)

Other Referenced Resources

• The California Farm to School Network

• The California Farmers Marketplace

• Harvest of the Month developed by the California Department of Public Health

• California School Accounting Manual 2019 (PDF)

Crediting

• Crediting: 1.5 hours
  
  
• Key Area: Administration (3000)
  
  
  • Training Topics: Program Management (3200) and Fiscal Management (3300)
    
    
    • Learning Objectives: Oversee Standard Operating Procedures (3220) and Establish and document appropriate accounting procedures, ensuring that all procedures comply with federal, state, and local regulations, and administrative review (3320)

For more information on crediting, refer to the USDA Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF).

Additional Information

For more information regarding the FFVP, refer to the CDE FFVP web page.

Contact Us

If you have technical difficulties, please call the Education and Nutrition Policy Unit general line at 1-800-952-5609 for assistance. For questions regarding the course content, contact the FFVP Team by email at FFVP@cde.ca.gov.