Transcript PowerPoint 1 - School Nutrition Association

Ringing the Supper Bell
• MARCH 2, 2014, D.C.
How to Implement,
Optimize, and Promote
After School Supper
Programs
Brenda Padilla, M.S., Director II
Sacramento City Unified School District
Sacramento, California 916-277-6715
[email protected]
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• Sacramento City USD - Established1854
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11th largest District in California
47,000 students enrolled in meal programs
77 school sites
72.3 % needy enrolled
Provision 2 sites - 33@ lunch – All breakfast sites
Over 6500 Suppers served/day
• Serve 61 after-school District Supper sites in schools,
community programs/housing developments and charters
• Serve Suppers to all grades in K – 12
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• What is the At-Risk After-School Supper?
 The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides
federal funds to serve a meal and/or a snack to children
during the after school hours throughout the school year
 The expansion authorized in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids
Act of 2010 authorizes the program to be in all 50 states.
(More $$$)
 The meal can be served at any time during the after school
program
 The meal can be served hot or cold
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• What is the At-Risk After-School Supper?
 Operates afterschool during the regular schools year.
 May operate on weekends, holidays, or school vacations.
 May not operate in the summer, unless kids are in a Year Round
school and on track in the summer.
 Must be located in the attendance area of a school in which 50
percent of enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced-priced
meals.
 Must provide afterschool care with an educational or learning
enrichment component.
 May serve other children who are not participating in the educational
or learning program – including Siblings not in the program!
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Reimbursement Rates
Type of Meal Served
Free (2012-13) Free (2013-14)
Supper
$3.0875 *
$3.1625 **
$0.78
$0.80
Vs.
Snacks
* 2012-13 includes .2275 cash in lieu of commodities
**2013-14 includes .2325 cash in lieu of commodities
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THE SACRAMENTO STORY
Outside contracted program vendors vying
to sponsor suppers on our sites
Contrary to our Program Agreement with
them
Require all after-school programs use
SCUSD Food Services for the suppers
Decentralized Food Services
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THE SACRAMENTO STORY
 Most sites already had afterschool snack programs, but
kids were still hungry. Transitioned to supper meals.
 Opened a production kitchen (at school not being used)
 Created 20 short-hour (3.0) positions and one 7-hour
supper supervisor position
 Created three 7-hour transport drivers
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SCUSD HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT
2011-12 (Snacks - NSLP in after-school enrichment)
 907,468 snacks @ $0.74 =$689,675
2011-12 (CACFP Suppers: March – June)
 152,865 Suppers@ 2.993= $457,448
 Snacks + Suppers =
$1,147,123.00
2012-13 Snacks Vs Suppers: Projected 2013 YE Total
 476,614 snacks @ $0.76 ($ 371,759)
 1,012,149 suppers@ $3.0875 ($3,125,010)= $3,496,769
 Over three-fold increase in services to students
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BOTTOM LINE
- Labor: 20%
- Food & Supplies: 45-50% (Can spend more on quality food)
- Start up costs:
- Refrigeration - $70,000
- Refrigerated Transport Vehicles - $330,000
-Transport ice chests/insulated Bags - $30,000
- Other operational costs: Approximately 30%
• Serve over 6500 Suppers/day
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 BOTTOM LINE (CONT.)
 Supper Kitchen - Average MPLH* ~ 100
 Supper Kitchen + Transport to sites MPLH* ~83
* MPLH = Meals Per Labor Hour
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WHY SERVE SUPPERS? THE BENEFITS:
• Children get the nutrition they need
– Focused learning
• Generates revenue
• Increase reimbursement Vs. Lunch
• Increase participation
• Youth Development states it helps stabilize attendance in afterschool
• Helps showcase your other programs
• Provides an opportunity for nutrition education
• Helps build community partnerships
• Provides jobs for your staff
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WHY SERVE SUPPERS? THE BENEFITS: (CONT.)
• Sustainable, entitlement funding
• No cap on the number programs participating
• No cap on the number of years a program can
participate
• Can Serve the Snack & the Supper!
• Ease of Implementation
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When applying, you don’t have to submit a budget
Spend your $$ on ANY CN expense
No menu production records
Easy point-of-sale
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LESSONS LEARNED
Transitioned sites to supper program starting with
highest needy. Took six months to roll out all sites (over
two school years)
Spend time up front on operations/training
Youth Development staff serve the meals
Sites had the option to provide only suppers or both
snack and supper
Cold meals packaged from production center
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LESSONS LEARNED
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Un-served supper used for lunch next day
No Central Kitchen – worked out of closed Bistro
This year moved operations to a closed school MP Room
Started as a pilot – Why?
Staffing – Nutrition staff prepare the meals. Had to run it
awhile to determine need
-Union contract
 Menu – Trial and error
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CHALLENGES
 Equipment/storage space
 Refrigeration space –
 Shelf stable Milk (student acceptability) – want to transition to fresh
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Youth Development site coordinator training/turnover
Nutrition staff gone for the day (serving time 2 pm – 6 pm)Custodial issues/needs
Not yet able to provide Hot supper
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STRENGTHS
 Easy transition (Already providing snacks for sites)
All sites follow the same menu
 Prepackaged meal
 Youth Development staff complete MPR, HACCP, & Meal
Count forms & submit student daily attendance monthly
 Build partnerships with other district departments
 Demonstrated value of Central kitchen (helped pass Bond)
 Streamlined Requirements
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STRENGTHS
 Only need to Keep a roster or sign in sheet
 Meal Counts only (Point of Service NOT required)
 Schools may follow the NSLP timing of visits. (Less visits than
with preschool Child Care!)
 It’s Easy
 Meal Pattern simple
 Schools may use Offer Versus Serve
 No eligibility documents required – all meals are reimbursed at the
free rate!
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FEEDBACK/REACTIONS
Students
 Enjoy the meal
 Are not hungry anymore in afterschool program
Staff
 More jobs for Nutrition staff
 Site coordinators don’t mind taking meals counts & serving meals
Parents
 Kids are not “starving” when they reach home
 Helps family budget
 No Complaints about supper conflicting with dinner (at home)
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SAMPLE MENU(S)
 Turkey on a Wheat Bun
 Celery Sticks w/Ranch
 Sliced Orange Wedges
 Milk (Not shown)
* See full monthly menu handout
for more examples
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SAMPLE MENU(S)
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Questions?
Links/Helpful Web Sites
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CACFP
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/cc/mgmb.asp
FNS, USDA
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/care/Afterschool.htm
 Afterschool Network
www.afterschoolnetwork