July 25, 2023 Tuesday at 2 Town Hall Resource

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The California Department of Education (CDE) hosted the monthly Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall webinar on July 25, 2023 for school food service operators, chief business officials, and community partners to provide an opportunity for schools to learn about program requirements for operating their programs and hear about best practices.

Links Shared in Chat During the Town Hall

• Complete the electronic CDE Farm to Summer Celebratrion week post-survey by August 31, 2023.
• Send questions regarding allowability and costs associated with nutrition education activities, by email to NUTREDEXPENDITURE@cde.ca.gov.
• View the School Nutrition Association's Announcement for the 2023 National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Week and the 2024 National School Breakfast Week themes .
• The Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards categories, criteria, application portal, and helpful resources.
• View the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service’s (FNS) Final Rule on Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium on the Child Nutrition Programs web page .
• The USDA, FNS proposed rule is available on the Federal Register: Child Nutrition Program (CNP): Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans web page.
• View CDE's Management Bulletin SNP 03-2022.
• Access the final Universal Meals Program (UMP) Guidelines on CDE’s California Universal Meals Program web page under the Guidelines tab.
• For more information on the State Fiscal Year 2023-24 State of California Budget, visit the California Budget web page .
• For more information on food allergies visit the CDE Disability Modifications Including Food Allergies web page.
• For communication that addresses breakfast and snacks for nonschoolaged children, visit CDE’s Breakfast and Snacks for Nonschoolaged Children web page.
• For more information on the CDE Administrative Review (AR) Process visit the School Nutrition Programs (SNP) Administrative Review web page.
• View a list of School Food Authorities scheduled for SNP AR Workload in SY 2023–24.
• Review the Carry-over Inventory at USDA Food Processors: MB NSD-FDP-05-2011.
• If you have any questions regarding the Child Nutrition and Information Payment System (CNIPS) Annual Update, please contact your SNP Specialist. A current list of CDE's SNP Specialists is available on the SNP Specialist Directory or by email at snpinfo@cde.ca.gov.
• If you have any questions regarding Food Distribution Program (FDP) items, please email them to FDP staff at fooddistribution@cde.ca.gov.
• For more information on Pandemic EBT (P-EBT), visit the P-EBT Helping California Families Get More Food website .
• Access the Local Food for Schools (LFS) listserv communication.
• If you have any questions regarding LFS grant, please email them to LFSGrant@cde.ca.gov.
• For more information regarding micropurchases, please visit the CDE Procurement in the CNPs Frequently Asked Questions web page.
• The School Food Best Practices (SFBP) Funding Results listserv is posted on CDEs What’s New web page.  
• Find SFBP funding award amounts on the CDE SFBP Funding Results web page.
• Send your Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) funds questions to the SCA inbox at SCAfunds@cde.ca.gov.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Extreme Heat Resources .
• Find information on Serving Traditional Indigenous Foods in CNPs .
• Please complete the California School Nutrition Department Vacancy and Turnover Rate Survey electronically by August 25, 2023.
• Questions regarding the School Nutrition Department Vacancy and Turnover Rate Survey evaluation .

Contact Information

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