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Reauthorization 2015 Listening SessionNational CACFP Professionals Conference
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Child Nutrition Reauthorization
• The last reauthorization: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
• The next reauthorization
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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
CACFP Improvements:• Improves promotion of good nutrition &
wellness • Protects State agency staff & increases
audit funds• Reduces paperwork for parents, providers
& sponsors• Increases access in low-income
neighborhoods• Requires a child care & CACFP study • Encourages improvements in child care
licensing
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• Improves CACFP nutrition standards
• Requires nutrition, health & wellness education
Promoting Good Nutrition & Wellness
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Resources
• USDA funded to provide nutrition education resources & training ($10 million)
• Local WIC agencies can share WIC nutrition education materials with CACFP institutions at no cost
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Protects State Agency Staff
Federally-funded jobs in state CACFP agencies must be excluded from state layoffs & furloughs
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Increases Audit Funds
• Allows USDA to increase the state audit funds made available to any State agency from 1.5 percent to up to a total of 2 percent if the State agency demonstrates that it can effectively use the funds to improve program management
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Less Paperwork for Parents, Providers & Sponsors8
• Parents can return forms directly to providers
• Parents will only need to give the last four digits of social security number
• Parents, providers & sponsors will no longer have to operate under difficult & ineffective audit procedures (“block claiming”)
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Less Paperwork for Parents, Providers & Sponsors9
• Applications & operating agreements will be permanent, with updates as necessary (no annual resubmission)
• Guardians can easily enroll foster children
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Less Paperwork for Sponsors
Flexibility to maximize reimbursements: • Sponsoring organizations can use a
simplified method of monthly reimbursements (“homes times rates”)
• Sponsoring organizations can carry over up to 10 percent annually
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• Expands eligibility by allowing the use of high school & middle school data to qualify family child care providers to receive the maximum reimbursement (“Tier 1”)
Increasing Access for Family Child Care
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Afterschool Meal Program12
• Now available in all states• Funding to serve meals in
addition to snacks in afterschool programs (school-aged programs)
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Child Care & CACFP Study
Launches a study of the nutrition & wellness practices in child care settings to be conducted every five years by USDA in consultation with the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS):
• Includes an assessment of the barriers & facilitators to reaching nutrition & wellness goals & to participating in CACFP
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Child Care Licensing
• Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act: USDA & HHS must encourage state child care licensing agencies to: • Include wellness standards • Require foods served to be
consistent with the healthy meal patterns & nutrition standards of CACFP
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National CACFP Professionals Conference
Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2015
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LIST THE TOP FIVE CHANGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE 2015 CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION
National CACFP Professionals Association
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Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2015
Time to Report Your Top Five Recommendations
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• Today’s listening session is a key step in developing a comprehensive set of recommendations for the 2015 reauthorization.
• The National CACFP Professionals Association will continue to be a strong voice representing the State agency perspective throughout the reauthorization process.
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