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Community of Practice Call January 14, 2021
Community of Practice Call January 14, 2021
About this Series
The Center for Ecoliteracy and LunchAssist host regular Community of Practice calls where we review the latest policy updates and highlight tools, best practices, and lessons learned from school districts and allied organizations across the state of California. This free series offers an opportunity for districts to connect with one another, share ideas, and build connections with community partners and government agencies around the state.
January 14, 2021 Call
Guest speakers: Elizabeth "Liz" Campbell from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Madeline "Maddy" Moritsch from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and Amy Garfinkel from the CDFA Office of Farm to Fork
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Chat: Community of Practice Call January 14, 2021
Welcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position and where you work into the chat box. Also, resolutions are so last year! Instead...What are your HOPES for this year?Regina Salmon, Fortuna High SchoolSuzanne Yamanishi, Food Service Manager, Southside School in Hollister, CAHappy Thursday! Laura Bullene Jacobo, Woodake USDCassandra Bahr, Elevate SchoolMicha James, NS Director, Monterey Peninsula USDAntoinette Pearce Compton Unified School District, Assistant DirectorLaurel Goins, Lucia Mar unified. Hoping for the vaccine!Abby Halperin, Center for Ecoliteracy — hoping for the vaccine!Claudia, RD Spokane County Head StartHollie Hillard Sand Creek Elementary, MichiganJacqueline Deadmore - Oroville Union High School District in Oroville, CAMechelle Finey Director of Food and Nutrition Lakeport unified, California.Sara Mosburg SBUSDBarbara Hughes, County of SD HHSAAlexa Norstad, Director of Programs at the Center for Ecoliteracy. My hopes for this year are all around HEALTH.Kathleen Cole, Director NS, Torrance USDFausat (Lead Agent) and Kristina (Program Innovator) with Rialto Nutrition. Good Morning Everyone.Hello All - Happy New Year!, Maureen Pisanick, Pisanick Partners, NutriSmart Network Consulting DietitianWelcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position and where you work into the chat box. Also, resolutions are so last year! Instead...What are your HOPES for this year?Jill, La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, Child Nutrition DirectorSally Spero. Retired, yeah! But still in love with school food service. Hoping to get through more of my books.Patty GallagherAnnie Aung, Wiseburn USDAlysha Packard, Director CNP, Grand County UtahAmy Garfinkel, CDFA, Farm to School Network Lead - hoping to visit my grandma!Catherine Slomka-Oceanside Unified Director.Natalie Lareau, Program Assistant at F2I Center (CHIP). My hope is to go on more adventures with my dog!Debbi Dodson from the Carton Council here. Hello everyone!Patty GallagherMy hope for 2021 is calmness and fulfillmentSarah Doherty, Nutrition Services Director - North Monterey County USDKristen Tekell, Napa Valley, Hope - the vaccine works and helps!Hello, Amy Hedrick-Farr , Director Santa Cruz City Schools. My hope is to get back to school!!Nancy Deming, OUSD sustainability mgr for nutrition and custodial plus contracting with multiple other districts in the Bay Area.Jamie Banta School District, Food Service Supervisor. My hope is for things to return to normal ish!Tara Thatcher, West - Manager for manufacturer Darlington SnacksHope everthing gets back to normal soon!Nadia Kelem, FoodCorps service member with Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network. Bend, OR.Rachel Waugh, Chef Ann Foundation. Excited to re-learn ItalianMorning! Kat Soltanmorad, Director of Food and Pandemic Management (kidding!) of Tahoe Truckee USD. Hopes for 20-21: increased kindness and empathy for fellow humans.Jodi Cooper Armona School DistrictHope is to open before the end of the School YearPolly Houston Lennox School District Director. Hoping to have our Food Service business won’t need General funds.Maddy Moritsch, Alliance for a Healthier Generation - hope to go on more socially distance walks with my close friendsNicole G. GilesKim Andreasen Director food service Rescue and Buckeye school districtsAnna Fisher, University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesBryan Miller Assistant Director of Child Nutrition Madera Unified. I hope to just have normalcy and get kids back to school.Susan Dalandan - full return to summer meals for kids and seeing my family in person!Emma Finn with the Climate-Friendly School Food Program at Friends of the Earth! One hope: more funding for school kitchen infrastructure!!!Look at the opportunities to rebuild our school fund balance, renew our menu mission, and recharge our staff with innovation and inspiration!Michelle Hernandez - Carpinteria Unified School DistrictLehigh Valley Food Policy Council, PACaitlin Merlo, CDC Healthy School Branch. Hoping all school staff get the vaccine soon!Lynley Connor, COO TopNCatering, hoping to see everyone in person soon!Emily Cena, Food & Nutrition Director, Ramona Unified School DistrictAllyson Russell, Zachary Community Schools in Zachary, La CNP SupervisorGail Gousha, Hunger Free Kids of San Diego Hunger Coalition, Consultant. Hoping for peace and unity!Nicole G. Giles Food Service Director of Williamsburg County School District SCHello everyone! Laura Howe Manteca USDDiana Carrillo - Director Central School DistrictRebecca Ward, FS coordinator Acalanes SD in NorCali. hoping for a healthy & calm 2021Megan Schaper, State College Area School District, Pennsylvania -- hoping for Universal Free Meals to be continued for the 2022 school year.hello happy Friday, Julianna Roberts food & nutrition Admin Butte County Office of Education, my 2021 to pause for silver linings daily ...Jennifer Marrone - San Diego USD Business Manager Food & Nutrition ServicesColleen Robinson-SDUSD-Happy New Year everybody!Zuleyma SalgueroHi- How many minutes for each code please?PBS Resource on Insurrection at the Capital: [link] Please share any other supportive resources you’ve found.That pizza looks great!Surveying parents is a great way to identify the needs in YOUR community!Brian Chiarito - Director of Child Nutrition - Madera USDSchool Food Service Safety Precautions for School Nutrition Programs: [link]California vaccine information: [link]The COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Operational Guidance for Jurisdictions Playbook: [link]“I’m a Vaccine” video here: [link]Gotta Love SchoolHouse Rock!!!!!Vaccinate All 58 Toolkit: [link]COVID-19 Decision Tree: [link]Reporting and Responding to Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Case(s) at K-12 Schools: [link]New Materials for Schools and Parents: [link]Hello Liz - thank you for supporting CN programs for our nation!Liz, thank you so much for this! It’s worth nothing that the COVID-19 relief emergency funds that will help make up 55% of the difference for schools and child care are for March - June 2020. Still work to do for this current school year, here’s hoping it can be included in the next stimulus package.YES! Universal Meals! Go Academy!Hopefully school nutrition employees especially those who worked next day in March and have not stopped, reach some kind of federal pay?Any discussion about regional indexing of income cut-offs that account for cost of living differences?Please, where is Elizabeth from?While I applaud the EBT program, we are finding it has effected our meal particpation (lowering it), as we are offering free meals for students while they learn vitrually. Anyone have ideas as to how to maximize both benefits?@Susan Daladan Liz Campbell Senior Director, Legislative and Government Affairs, *Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics*USDA Nationwide Waiver Questions and Answers #4: [link]Thank you for the information on Alt Inc Form and FRPM - have you heard anything from CDE about allowing for year round collection of Alt Inc Forms? They had previously said they are pursuing that to make up for the lack of Alt Inc Form responses this yearWinter checklist to come in the follow up email.this...among other things...is why y'all are amazingwhat laurel said! :)Agreed ^Super! I am working in my office on this exactly this now.Hello Lori, yes, we have heard that lower participation in school meals may be an unintended consequence of P-EBT, we are hoping there is more funding support coming for CN programs in the near future for the months after June 2020.Thank you for the kind words, everyone! :)Dietary Guidelines: [link]the rates on the last slide are NOT for SSO, is that correct?Correct Rebecca, only for SFSOUSDA Team Nutrition Training Grant for School Meal Recipes: [link]Seamless Summer Option are reimbursed at the SY 19-20 NSLP free rate.USDA Webinar on Jan 27: [link]USDA Letter of Intent: [link]Gro More Good Garden Grant due Feb 5: [link]CDE School Breakfast Program and Summer Meal Program Start-up and Expansion Grants due Mar 1: [link]CDE Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Application due Mar 5: [link]CA Farm to School Incubator Grant due Feb 16: [link]Lots of links to share today...As a reminder, all these resources will also be sent out in the follow up email after today’s call. :DCan you put a link for the Q& A talking about going back to accepting NSLP Applications?Grants also available from the Carton Council for schools planning now to recycle their milk and juice cartons when students return to the classroomRegister for the Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food Webinar Series: [link]Thanks, Debbie!!Thank you for sharing that opportunity, Debbi.Thank you for sharing! Register at www.foe.org/schoolfoodwebinarsCA Farm to School Incubator Grant Program: [link]Chef Ann Foundation: Scratch Cooking To-Go Recipes: [link]Nourish California Webinar Recording, Research Brief, and Slides: [link]Another great reason to survey parents in YOUR community, to maximize participation ratesAlliance for a Healthier Generation: [link]Carrie Nickols, the link is here: USDA Nationwide Waiver Questions and Answers #4: [link]I use google forms weekly and Facebook posts in various groups are huge, families say "they forget" so it helps keep them reminded! I post 2x a week reminder to sign up then reminder to pick upHi everyone! My colleague Angeles Nelson is also here. She's our school meals expert, and can answer questions as well. Also happy to take questions off-line if you get a chance to view the full webinar presentation and it sparks any questions.Thank you very much Jared and Angeles, thanks for joining us this morning!How is everyone feeling about tech tools? Would it be helpful for us to set up a webinar about how to use google forms, Facebook live, etc.?That sounds good!! It’d be nice to know tips and tricks or working smarter ways to do those! :)I would love that!Yes please. :)Hmm, ok, we’ll brainstorm some more! Any specific social media platforms or tech tool requests? What would you guys like to learn more about?Yes, use them but feel less than competent on many of them!Google formsSuch a great tool - mental/physical/social health has been more vulnerable for our students during this time! Amazing suggestions for adaptingAre these recipe cards available on the Healthier Generation website?Looking to do a live (virtual) cooking class, so anything that would be helpful in that regards! :)Healthy At Home: [link]Feelings Chart: [link]Moving More: [link]Weekly Meal Calendar: [link]Recipe Cards: [link]Kids Can Cook Webinar Registration: [link]That would mean I would have to find the time to track. LOL the last 10 months is a blurIts day 44 on Blursday of AprMarFebz, right??? lolI agree! The last 10 months flew by faster than I wanted them to. lolSame Stephanie! Time means nothing. Gotta get back to some kind of normal in 21.Tracking is a LOT but I find it can be really centeringAlign Your Time Management With Your Goals: [link]Love using Pomodoro timers. Chunking time makes tracking easier.Is there a template that you've created that you could share with the group?I have to jump on SNIC conference thanks everyone!Thanks everyone! I need to jump offThank you very much to the speakers and all of the great resources!Patricia - we can create one to send out in the f/u resources!On to the next Zoom! thank you all for th great info!Thanks for including me, everyone! I have to drop off now. Happy to follow up off-line if there are any questions. And Angeles is here to answer your questions as well. Thanks for all the great work you do!Re: USDA Q&A (thank you, first off, for providing a summary of the Q&A), but for the CACFP attendance record and school meal application update, do you recommend we wait to implement any changes until we hear updates from CDE?Just make meals universally free. That is the best reimbursement increase we can getI don't know if a question asked earlier was answered, so forgive me if it was...Liz is a dietitian and the Senior Director of Legislative and Govt Affairs with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.Yes Stephanie, Jared and Angeles -who joined today- are with Nourish CA and they are focus on Universal Free Meals so kids whose families make just above the federal limits ($34K for a family of four) can still access meals. Especially important since there is no immigration status test for school meals, unlike CalFresh.I agree with Stephanie. Universal free meals is the way to go!Thank you Jared and Angeles!Jiwon - YES, I would recommend waiting for the CDE townhall this month for more updates!Here is Nourish CA factsheet showing the disconnect between federal income limits and the cost of meeting basic needs in CA. [link]The guidance on the $0.55 should be out this week, then the state agencies have 30 days to apply for those fundsYes, Stephanie Bruce, or at least make it easier for many more schools to qualify for CEP and receive funding to make it financially viable.Thank you so much Liz!!!!The 26th!Did I miss the part about the new Program Integrity Plan?Thank you CoE & LA. You guys rock!Thanks for all of your wealth of information all in one place...thanks so much... :)This was great. Thank you for all the information.Thank you everyone for joining this morning! Thank you for all you do!Thank you for attending this month, and Happy New Year!!Thank you all! Looking forward to reviewing the information being sent out on the Program Integrity Plan.Take care!Thank YouThank you!!Thank you!Thank you!0
