March 26, 2024 Tuesday at 2 Town Hall Resources

The Nutrition Services Division (NSD) hosted the monthly Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall webinar on March 26, 2024. These webinars provide school food service operators with an opportunity to learn about Child Nutrition Program requirements and to share best practices.

The Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall webinars are typically held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. Information about future Town Halls can be found on the Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall Webinar web page.

Webinar Slides

March 26, 2024 Town Hall Webinar Slides (PPTX)

Town Hall Resource Links

• A current list of School Nutrition Program (SNP) Specialists is available on the SNP Specialist Directory web page or email SNP staff at SNPInfo@cde.ca.gov​.
• Child Nutrition Consultant assignments are available in the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System, Download Forms section > Form ID: Caseload > Directory of Staff County Assignments.
• View the five Breakfast After the Bell videos on the No Kid Hungry (NKH) Best Practices web page. ​
• Check out the CDE National Nutrition Month March 2024 and National School Breakfast Week listserv on the CDE Nutrition What’s New web page.
• Learn more about University High’s Compostable Utensils Program pilot in the March 14, 2024, La Jolla Village News-Education article, University High Launches Compostable Utensils Pilot Program .
• Email your celebration photos to Town Hall staff at NSDTownHall@cde.ca.gov.
• You can find more information about Turnip the Beet awards on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Turnip the Beet! High Quality Summer Meals Award Program web page.
• Income Eligibility Scales for School Year 2024–25 - Rates, Eligibility Scales, & Funding, available on the CDE website.
• USDA Rural Designation interactive mapping tool web page.
• USDA Area Eligibility web page.
• USDA Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Outreach Toolkit web page.
• For school food authority Summer EBT questions, contact the Summer EBT team via email at SummerEBT@cde.ca.gov.
• CDE SNP Late Claims web page.
• CDE SNP Claim Submission Deadlines web page.
• Learn more about the Local Food for Schools (LFS) grant on the CDE LFS web page.
• Send any questions regarding LFS funds to the LFS team at LFSGrant@cde.ca.gov.
• View the Management Bulletin SNP 04-2024 Availability of the Commercial Dishwasher Grant (CDG) Request for Applications (RFA) available on CDE’s SNP web page.
• Any questions related to the CDG, contact the CDG team by email at cdg@cde.ca.gov.
• The CDG Informational webinar took place on March 27, 2024.
• Access the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) RFA on the FFVP Application web page.​
• For instructions on applying for the 2024–25 FFVP RFA, visit the 2024–25 FFVP Grant Application Instructions web page.
• ​​​Send your FFVP questions to the CDE FFVP team by email at FFVP@cde.ca.gov.
• Email your NKH Summer 2024 Youth Engagement and Empowerment grants questions to Share Our Strength staff Kristen Dunphey, kdunphey@strength.org or Riya Rahman, rrahman@strength.org.
• More information is available on the CDE’s Resource Management and Procurement Resources Spring Training 2024 web page.
• School Nutrition Department Vacancy Turnover Rate survey questions can be sent to Food Insight Group Director Beth Katz by email at beth@foodinsightgroup.com.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this subject, please email NSDTownHalls@cde.ca.gov.