State of Alaska Dept of Education

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State of AlaskaDept of Education Early
DevelopmentChild Nutrition Services (CNS)

• Alaska Food Coalition April 20, 2006
• Stacy Goade, Child Nutrition Services

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CNS Target Groups

• National School Lunch Programs
• Child Adult Care Food Program
• Summer Food Service Program
• USDA Commodity Program
• Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program

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CNS Goals

• Increase the number of children that receive
  nutritious meals in Alaska
• Expand child nutrition programs statewide
• Help sponsors to operate affordable food service
  programs
• Promote nutrition physical activity initiatives
  that aim to reduce childhood obesity diabetes

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Children Free Meals Served

• Fiscal Year Children
• 2002 112,133
• 2003 112,628
• 2004 109,645
• 2005 113,773
• Overall-
• Increasing numbers of
• children served in Alaska

• Fiscal Year Free Meals
• 2002 5,187,951
• 2003 5,464,421
• 2004 5,617,182
• 2005 6,064,888
• Overall-
• Increasing numbers of
• Free meals served in Alaska

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Federal Reauthorization

• Signed by Congress
• Effective for State Agencies
• Affected all child nutrition programs
• Congressional intent for CNP laws

• 6/30/ 04
• 7/01/04
• Staggered implementation
• -Serve more low-income children
• -Reduce paperwork
• -Increase program integrity
• -Improve food safety
• -Reduce childhood obesity

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National School Lunch Programs
Linda SylvesterNSLP Specialist(907)465-8709lin
da_sylvester_at_eed.state.ak.us
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National School Lunch Programs

• School Meals
• Largest meal program
• Breakfast Regular
• Breakfast - Severe
• Lunch
• Special Milk
• 60 or more of children in district or school
  site are Free/Reduced eligible

• Meal Eligibility Categories
• Free
• Reduced Price
• Paid

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Now Serving More Low-income Children

• Improved access to school meals
• More low-income children getting school meals
• Direct Certification for free school meals
• Data match - Dept of Education, Dept of Health
• Food Stamp ATAP Households
• Categorical eligibility
• Runaway, Homeless, and Migrant Children
• Children maintain eligibility-all school year

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Reduced Paper Work

• Households (only Free Eligible)
• Parents not required to submit application to
  school
• School not allowed to require application
• All children in family are eligible all School
  Year
• Sponsors (schools residential programs)
• Fewer applications coming in each year
• Smaller sample of applications to verify
• Smaller number of non-responders

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National School Lunch Data

• Fiscal Year Free Reduced Paid
  Total Served
• 2000 3,672,047 1,049,068 3,542,612
  8,263,727
• 2001 3,680,190 1,114,640 3,773,291
  8,568,121
• 2002 3,692,007 1,127,630 3,780,869
  8,600,506
• 2003 3,846,521 1,110,055 3,677,814
  8,634,390
• 2004 3,937,525 1,132,905 3,387,675
  8,458,105
• 2005 4,272,986 1,085,878 3,136,664
  8,495,528
• Overall- Increased Free Total Children Served
  Steady Reduced
• Fluctuating/Declining Paid

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National School Breakfast Data

• Fiscal Year Free Reduced
  Paid Total Served
• 2000 1,136,578 164,309 319,708 8,405
• 2001 1,215,773 180,234 346,560 8,787
• 2002 1,300,912 206,763 400,681 9,759
• 2003 1,393,312 225,861 433,802 10,626
• 2004 1,461,831 250,683 432,854 11,106
• 2005 1,574,931 250,454 422,266 11,625
• Overall- Increases in every category Free,
  Reduced, Paid, and Total Children Served

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Free Reduced Price Percent Rpt

• Free, Reduced Price Paid data from schools
• Captured annually on Oct 30th
• Only districts that participate in National
  School Lunch Program
• Data by school district and school site
• Statewide data on low income areas
• Provides more accurate snapshot of low-income in
  Alaska
• Now reflects eligible children (even no
  participation)
• Direct Certification will increase eligible
  numbers
• Increased eligible may mean more to schools

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Child Nutrition Services Website

• Homepage
• http//www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/cns/
• Free/Reduced Price Percentage Report
• http//www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/cns/NSLP-Files/Per
  cent_FR_Report2006.xls

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Jo DawsonCACFP Specialist(907)465-8711jo_dawson
_at_eed.state.ak.us
Child and Adult Care Food Program At-Risk, After
School Snack and Emergency Shelter Participation
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Who does CACFP serve?

• Children age birth to age 12 in child care
  settings
• Children up to age 18 in homeless programs
• Children up to age 18 in at-risk, after school
  snack programs in low income school zone
• Adult Care Centers
• Over 60
• 18 or older and functionally impaired

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Program Participation

• Average Daily Attendance
• FY02 4,398
• FY03 4,473
• FY04 4,210
• FY05 5,315

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Program Participation

• Meals Served
• FY02 428,109
• FY03 417,687
• FY04 416,980
• FY05 399,763

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Who is eligible to participate?

• Child care centers
• Head Start facilities
• Preschool facilities
• Adult care centers
• Family day care homes
• Homeless shelters
• After school snack programs

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Reimbursement rates

• Centers - Child or Adult
• Paid Reduced Free Price
• Breakfast 0.34 1.72 2.02
• Lunch/Supper 0.36 3.36 3.76
• Snack 0.09 0.51 1.03

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Reimbursement rates

• Emergency Shelters, Women/Children Crisis
  Centers, Teen Runaway Shelters
• All meals at Free Rate
• Breakfast 2.02
• Lunch/Supper 3.76
• Snack 1.03

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Reimbursement rates

• At-Risk Snack Programs
• Snack paid at free rate 1.03

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How many meals per day?

• Centers and Family Day Care Homes may claim
  reimbursement for a maximum of
• 2 meals and 1 snack daily
• 2 snacks and 1 meal daily
• Emergency Care
• 3 meals daily
• 2 meals and 1 snack daily
• 2 snacks and 1 meal daily
• At-Risk Snack
• 1 snack daily

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At-Risk, After School Snack Program

• Sponsors
• Public entities, including school districts
• Private non-profit
• Must be area eligible
• Free and Reduced Price Report
• Homeless shelters
• Do not have to be in area eligible

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Sponsor Requirements

• Must provide regularly scheduled activities
• Educational or enrichment activities
• Available to school age children and youth thru
  age 18
• Open to all children
• Free to children

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FY05 Participation

• 7 Sponsors
• 40 Sites
• Average Daily Attendance 1064
• Total snacks served 62,750
• Total reimbursement 62,993.21

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Reimbursement Potential

• A program with an average daily attendance of 25
  children could receive
• 25.75 daily
• 515.00 monthly
• 6,180 annually

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Emergency Shelters

• Sponsors
• Homeless Shelters
• Woman and Children Crisis Shelters
• Teen Runaway Shelters
• Public entities
• Private, non-profit

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Sponsor Requirements

• Emergency Shelters must be residential
• Meals must be served in communal setting
• Meals must meet USDA guidelines
• Reimbursement for up to 3 meals per day
• Reimbursement for children age 18 or younger or
  over 18 who are disabled

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Reimbursement Potential

• A program with an average daily attendance of 2
  children
• 1 school age (receiving breakfast, dinner and
  snack)
• 1 under school age (receiving breakfast, lunch
  and dinner) could receive
• 17.70 daily
• 531.00 monthly
• 6,372 annually

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Reimbursement Potential

• A program with an average daily attendance of 10
  children
• all school age (receiving breakfast, dinner and
  snack) could receive
• 69.85 daily
• 2,124.60 monthly
• 25,495.25 annually

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Additional Benefit

• Emergency Shelters can qualify for commodities or
  cash-n-lieu of commodities
• -and-
• TEFAP Commodities

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FY05 Participation

• 3 Programs
• Average Daily Attendance 29.5
• 10.2 50.8
• Total Reimbursed Annually 67,208.66
• 10,707 - 54,727
• FY06
• 1 new Emergency Shelter
• 1 new Applicant

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Recordkeeping

• Minimal recordkeeping requirements
• Daily sign-in sheet
• Menu showing snacks meet USDA guidelines
• Maintaining a non-profit food service

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Who Says Theres No Such Thing As A Free Lunch?
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Jo DawsonCACFP Specialist(907)465-8711jo_dawson
_at_eed.state.ak.usor Bernice ChimelirCACFP
Program Assistant(907)465-4969bernice_chimelir_at_e
ed.state.ak.us

• For More Information

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Summer Food Service Program

• Food Thats In When School Is Out

Ann-Marie Martin SFSP Specialist(907)465-4788ann
marie_martin_at_eed.state.ak.us
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Summer Food Service Program

• Provides free, nutritious meals to low-income
  children
• Children must be 18 years and under 19 and over
  with mental or physical disability
• Operates from May to September
• Federally funded program that is administered
  through State agencies

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Simplified Summer Food Program

• Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001
• (14 State Lugar Pilot Project)
• June 30, 2004 Public Law 108-265
• Permanent, added 6 states
• Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2006
• Added 7 states, all private non-profits

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Summer Seamless Option

• School can open their food service to all
  children in the community
• Or
• Serve meals outside of the summer schools hours
• Or
• Participate in the National School Lunch Program
  (NSLP) Summer Seamless Option

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Program Benefits

• Provides nutritious meals to low income children
  
• Helps families stretch their food-buying dollar
• Keeps children mentally engaged so they return to
  school, ready to learn

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Meal Service

• Two meals per child, per day
• Camps and migrant sites may claim up to 3 meals
  per day
• Meals must meet USDA standards below
• Breakfast 1 milk, 1 veg or fruit,
  1grain or bread
• Lunch/Supper 1 milk, 2 vegs and/or
  fruits, 1 grain/bread, 1 meat
• Snack 2 food items

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Sponsoring Organizations

• Accept financial and administrative
  responsibility
• Must be capable of managing a food service
• Sponsors
• Train and monitor sites
• Arrange for meals
• Oversee site operations
• Complete paperwork
• Submit claims for reimbursement

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Sponsoring Organizations

• Community, faith-based organizations
• Private non-profit organizations
• Local governments
• Schools
• College or University participating in National
  Youth Sports Program or Upward Bound Program
• Alaska Native Villages or Tribal Councils

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Feeding Sites

• Parks
• Pools
• Community or Recreation Centers
• Churches
• Playgrounds

• Housing projects
• Camps
• Schools
• Migrant centers
• Libraries

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Site Types

• Open site All children in an eligible area eat
  free without the need of additional paperwork,
• Enrolled site All children enrolled in an
  eligible program eat free, as demonstrated by
  household income applications

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Site Eligibility

• Area Eligibility
• 50 or more of the children in a school service
  area qualify for Free or Reduced-Price School
  meals, based on school or census data
• Household Income Applications
• Each child must return an application to the
  sponsor
• 50 must be eligible for Free or Reduced-Price
  meals

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Two Exceptions

• Camps - Residential and non-residential camps
  collect household income applications. Only
  meals served to children eligible for free or
  reduced-priced are reimbursed.
• Migrant or Alaska Native Sites Obtain
  certification from a migrant or Native
  organization that meals are served primarily to
  children of migrant or Alaska native families.

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Reimbursements

• Operating Administrative Costs
• Eligible Meals x Reimbursement Rate
• Breakfast 2.61
• Lunch 4.58
• Snack 1.08

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What does this mean to a sponsor?

• Example 25 Kids at a site/ 20 days of program
  activity
• Month Breakfast Reimbursement 1,305
• Month Lunch Reimbursement 2,290
• Total Month Reimbursement 5,976
• Or
• Month Snack Reimbursement 540
• Month Lunch Reimbursement 2,290
• Total Month Reimbursement 2,830

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Program Participation

• 2001 - 1 sponsors/1 site
• 58,433 meals served
• 2002 - 5 sponsors/18 sites
• 89,387 meals served
• 2003 - 16 sponsors/43 sites
• 108,552 meals served
• 2004 - 14 sponsors/34 sites
• 102,560 meals served
• 2005 - 18 sponsors/50 sites (2 Seamless/11
  sites)
• 105,062 meals served (31,012 Free/6,086 Red)

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Program Participation

• Average Daily Attendance in July
• FY01 687
• FY02 1109
• FY03 1552
• FY04 1490
• FY05 1373

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Success Stories

• Kodiak worked with Parks Rec and other
  organizations and had a good turnout
• Family Service Center in Fairbanks has a feeding
  site at a local soccer field
• Yakutat is working with local grocery store where
  kids hang out

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Challenges

• Short program duration
• Training paperwork for sponsors
• Getting administrators of potential program sites
  on-board
• Getting children to participate

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For More Information

• Ann-Marie MartinSFSP Specialist(907)465-4788ann
  marie_martin_at_eed.state.ak.us