Transcript State of Alaska Dept of Education & Early Development

State of Alaska
Dept of Education & Early
Development
Child Nutrition Services
(CNS)
Alaska Food Coalition – April 20, 2006
Stacy Goade, Child Nutrition Services
CNS Target Groups
• National School Lunch Programs
• Child & Adult Care Food Program
• Summer Food Service Program
• USDA Commodity Program
• Temporary Emergency Food
Assistance Program
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
Children & Free Meals Served
Fiscal Year Children
Fiscal Year Free Meals
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2002
2003
2004
2005
112,133
112,628
109,645
113,773
OverallIncreasing numbers of
children served in Alaska
2002
2003
2004
2005
5,187,951
5,464,421
5,617,182
6,064,888
OverallIncreasing numbers of
Free meals served in Alaska
Federal Reauthorization
• Signed by Congress
6/30/ 04
• Effective for State
Agencies
7/01/04
• Affected all child
nutrition programs
Staggered implementation
• Congressional intent
for CNP laws
-Serve more low-income children
-Reduce paperwork
-Increase “program integrity”
-Improve food safety
-Reduce childhood obesity
National School Lunch
Programs
Linda Sylvester
NSLP Specialist
(907)465-8709
[email protected]
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
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
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”
National School Lunch Data
Fiscal Year Free
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Reduced
Paid
Total Served
3,672,047
1,049,068
3,542,612
8,263,727
3,680,190
1,114,640
3,773,291
8,568,121
3,692,007
1,127,630
3,780,869
8,600,506
3,846,521
1,110,055
3,677,814
8,634,390
3,937,525
1,132,905
3,387,675
8,458,105
4,272,986
1,085,878
3,136,664
8,495,528
Overall- Increased Free & Total Children Served; Steady Reduced;
Fluctuating/Declining Paid
National School Breakfast Data
Fiscal Year
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Free
Reduced
Paid
1,136,578
164,309
319,708
8,405
1,215,773
180,234
346,560
8,787
1,300,912
206,763
400,681
9,759
1,393,312
225,861
433,802
10,626
1,461,831
250,683
432,854
11,106
1,574,931
250,454
422,266
11,625
Total Served
Overall- Increases in every category; Free, Reduced, Paid, and Total
Children Served
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
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/Percent_FR_Report2006.xls
Child and Adult
Care Food
Program
At-Risk, After School Snack
and Emergency Shelter
Participation
Jo Dawson
CACFP Specialist
(907)465-8711
[email protected]
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
Program Participation
Average Daily Attendance
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FY02
FY03
FY04
FY05
4,398
4,473
4,210
5,315
Program Participation
Meals Served
• FY02 428,109
• FY03 417,687
• FY04 416,980
• FY05 399,763
Who is eligible to participate?
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Child care centers
Head Start facilities
Preschool facilities
Adult care centers
Family day care homes
Homeless shelters
After school snack programs
Reimbursement rates
Centers - Child or Adult
Paid
Breakfast
Lunch/Supper
Snack
$0.34
$0.36
$0.09
Reduced
Price
$1.72
$3.36
$0.51
Free
$2.02
$3.76
$1.03
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
Reimbursement rates
At-Risk Snack Programs
Snack paid at free rate $1.03
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
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
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
FY05 Participation
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7 Sponsors
40 Sites
Average Daily Attendance 1064
Total snacks served 62,750
Total reimbursement $62,993.21
Reimbursement Potential
• A program with an average daily
attendance of 25 children could receive:
– $25.75 daily
– $515.00 monthly
– $6,180 annually
Emergency Shelters
• Sponsors
– Homeless Shelters
– Woman and Children Crisis Shelters
– Teen Runaway Shelters
• Public entities
• Private, non-profit
Sponsor Requirements
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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
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
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
Additional Benefit
• Emergency Shelters can qualify for
commodities or cash-n-lieu of commodities
-and• TEFAP Commodities
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
Recordkeeping
• Minimal recordkeeping requirements
– Daily sign-in sheet
– Menu showing snacks meet USDA guidelines
– Maintaining a non-profit food service
Who Says There’s No Such
Thing As A Free Lunch?
For More Information
Jo Dawson
CACFP Specialist
(907)465-8711
[email protected]
or
Bernice Chimelir
CACFP Program Assistant
(907)465-4969
[email protected]
Summer Food
Service Program
Food That’s In When School
Is Out
Ann-Marie Martin
SFSP Specialist
(907)465-4788
[email protected]
Summer Food Service Program
• Provides free, nutritious meals to lowincome 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
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
Summer Seamless Option
• School can open their food service to all children
in the community
Or
• Serve meals outside of the summer school’s
hours
Or
• Participate in the National School Lunch
Program (NSLP) Summer Seamless Option
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
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
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
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
Feeding Sites
• Parks
• Pools
• Community or
Recreation Centers
• Churches
• Playgrounds
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Housing projects
Camps
Schools
Migrant centers
Libraries
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
Site Eligibility
• Area Eligibility
50% or more of the children in a school
service area qualify for Free or ReducedPrice 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
Two Exceptions
• Camps - Residential and nonresidential 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.
Reimbursements
Operating & Administrative Costs
Eligible Meals x Reimbursement Rate
Breakfast: $2.61
Lunch:
$4.58
Snack:
$1.08
What does this mean to a sponsor?
Example: 25 Kids at a site/ 20 days
of program activity
Month Breakfast Reimbursement
Month Lunch Reimbursement
Total Month Reimbursement:
Or
Month Snack Reimbursement:
Month Lunch Reimbursement:
Total Month Reimbursement:
$1,305
$2,290
$5,976
$ 540
$2,290
$2,830
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)
Program Participation
Average Daily Attendance in July
• FY01
687
• FY02 1109
• FY03 1552
• FY04 1490
• FY05 1373
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
Challenges
• Short program duration
• Training & paperwork for sponsors
• Getting administrators of potential
program sites on-board
• Getting children to participate
For More Information
Ann-Marie Martin
SFSP Specialist
(907)465-4788
[email protected]