May 23, 2023 School Nutrition Town Hall Links

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The California Department of Education (CDE) hosted the monthly Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall webinar on May 23, 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

You can look up your assigned School Nutrition Program (SNP) analyst on the CDE School Nutrition Program Contacts web page
Access the Tuesday @ 2 School Nutrition Town Hall slides on the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) website, select Applications and Download Forms
Watch the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) School Nutrition STAR webinar, Strategies for Increasing Scratch Cooking in School Nutrition Programs (April 2023) on the ICN iLearn web page
Learn more and sign up for notifications for FREE STAR webinars on the ICN STAR web page
The proposed rule is available on the Federal Register: Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans web page
View the SNP-03-22 Transitional Meal Standards SY 2022–23 and 2023–24 Management Bulletin on the Nutrition Services Division (NSD) web page
Email your Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Funds questions to the KIT Funds team at KITFunds@cde.ca.gov
Learn more about the CDE’s 2023 Farm to School Celebration Week on the CDE NSD Farm to Summer Celebration Week web page
Email your Farm to Summer Celebration Week questions to Farm to School staff at Farm2School@cde.ca.gov
View the Summer Meals Programs Final Rule Update on the CDE web page
Information on the SNP vs Seamless Summer Option for Summer Meal Operations listserv is available on the CDE web page
For questions regarding the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), please email SFSP@cde.ca.gov
Email the SFSP Sponsor Agreement for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods to the Food Distribution Program (FDP) to fooddistribution@cde.ca.gov
Agencies unable to access the SFSP Application in CNIPS, please email the FDP at fooddistribution@cde.ca.gov for assistance
The Procurement Guidance Webinar Training series is available on the CDE Child Nutrition Programs Course Catalog web page to assist Program Operators on proper procurement procedures and practices
For more information on the Local Agency Procurement Review (LAPR) process, visit the CDE Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs web page
View the School Year (SY) 2023–24 Program Operators scheduled for the Local Agency Procurement Review (LAPR) list on the CDE website, or email questions to Procurement Resources Unit staff at NSDProcurementReview@cde.ca.gov
Learn about the USDA Policy Memo SP-39-2017 Local Agency Procurement Reviews for School Food Authorities on the USDA FNS School Meal Policy web page
For more information about the SFSP application, visit the CDE SFSP webpage

Contact Information

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

Questions: Nutrition Services Division | 800-952-5609

Last Reviewed: Wednesday, July 05, 2023

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