Covid-19: Lessons Learned and Preparing for the Future - USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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USDA Food and
Nutrition Service
Covid-19: Lessons Learned Child Nutrition Programs
and Preparing for the Future
Panelists:
Diane Golzynski, PhD, RDN
State Director, Michigan Department of Education
Bridgette Hires, PhD, RD
Child Nutrition Program Manager, Ohio Department of Education
Shannon Solomon, MS, SNS
Director of Nutrition Services, Aurora Public Schools, Colorado
Lauren Couchois, RD, SNS
Culinary Specialist at Greenville County Schools, South Carolina
Where we’ve been… …and where we are going.
Priorities for School Year 2021-2022 • Support the reopening of schools and institutions • Ensure program access for children • Increase funding for program operators • Provide operational flexibility • Promote nutritious meals
Nationwide Waivers Overview Effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, unless otherwise noted
Increase Access and Funding: SSO & Area Eligibility • Allow schools to serve meals through the Seamless Summer Option • Provide the higher Summer Food Service Program reimbursement rate • Flexibility for area eligibility: • NSLP afterschool snacks • CACFP afterschool meals & snacks • CACFP day care home tiering • Available July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022
Promote Operational Flexibility
•Non-congregate meals*
•Meal time flexibility*
•Parent/guardian pick-up*
•Offer versus serve flexibility
*Local operators should
use these waivers only for the
duration and extent needed
Targeted School Meal Pattern Flexibility
• Schools may request targeted flexibility for select requirements:
• Sodium
• Whole grain-rich
• Vegetable subgroups
• Milk variety
• Low-fat milk must be unflavored
• Age/grade groups
• States must consider approval on a case-by-case basis (except
sodium)
• Effective October 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022
Targeted CACFP Meal Pattern Flexibility
• CACFP operators may request targeted meal pattern
flexibility for select requirements:
• One serving of grains per day must
be whole grain-rich
• Crediting of grains by ounce
equivalents by October 1, 2021
• Low-fat milk must be unflavored
• States must consider approval on a case-by-case basis
Community Eligibility Provision
• Schools may elect CEP using SY 2020-2021
data through September 30, 2021
• May use cumulative student data
through June 30, 2021
• Schools may begin direct certification
for SY 2021-2022 on July 1, 2021
• Schools may recalculate their identified
student percentage any year in the CEP cycleLessons Learned
What are some best practices that positively impacted your ability to feed children during the pandemic?
How did you demonstrate resiliency and what change(s) do you plan to take with you?
What did USDA do well and what could we do better to support schools in the future?
What are you doing to document your response to COVID and plan for future disruptions?
When did you realize the impact of your programs on your community?
COVID-19 Resources • FNS Responds to COVID-19: https://www.fns.usda.gov/coronavirus • FNS Team Nutrition: https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn • Off-site Monitoring Fact Sheets: https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/site- monitoring-fact-sheets-child-nutrition-programs
Where we are going… Building Back Better!
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