CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION (CNR), INTEGRITY PROPOSED RULES AND REVISED CACFP MEAL PATTERNS CHILD CARE AWARE® OF AMERICA

AGENDA Overview of Child Nutrition Reauthorization, focus on CACFP Senate Bill Overview House Bill Overview Key Differences Concerns, recommendations Proposed Integrity Rules Key Recommendations Our Concerns CACFP Meal Pattern Changes/FRAC and USDA Webinar Information Questions/Discussion Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION Most recent reauthorization was Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, 2010 Scheduled for reauthorization every 5/6 years Senate Agriculture Committee: Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016 House Education and Workforce Committee: Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

CACFP REAUTHORIZATION BILLS Senate Bills House Bills Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

Full Congress CNR Bill Senate CNR Bill Senate Agriculture Committee CNR Bill House CNR Bill House Education & Workforce Committee CNR Bill House Education & Workforce Subcommittee CNR Bill Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

THE IMPROVING CHILD NUTRITION INTEGRITY & ACCESS ACT OF 2016 (S. 2445) Senate Agriculture Committee Bill January 2016 Chairman: Senator Roberts (R-KS) Ranking: Senator Stabenow (D-MI) Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

Allows the option of an additional snack for children in care for nine or more hours a day Designed to support the new healthier meal pattern the additional snack will be phased in first to family child care providers & then centers ADDITIONAL SNACK Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

Simplifies eligibility for proprietary (for-profit) child care centers by extending the current certification periods: centers with a high percentage of low-income children (50 percent) to every six months & all other for-profit centers to every two months STREAMLINES FOR-PROFIT CENTER ELIGIBILITY Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

NUTRITION EDUCATION Provides for nutrition education for parents & participants emphasizing the relationship between nutrition, physical activity & health Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION Reduces paperwork for parents, providers, & sponsors by directing USDA to: streamline & consolidate paperwork & recordkeeping requirements, including reducing the burden of applications, monitoring & auditing requirements eliminate unnecessary & duplicative Federal and state regulations maximize the use of technology Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION Requires an expert advisory committee USDA must issue guidance or regulations within one year of date of enactment & to implement any changes within two years of date of enactment Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

SERIOUS DEFICIENCY PROCESS Mandates USDA review the CACFP serious deficiency process & issue guidance as appropriate to assure a clear & fair system The USDA review will cover a comprehensive array of key areas including mediation & State-specific requirements Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

SERIOUS DEFICIENCY PROCESS The USDA guidance should: establish parameters for a consistent appeals process to review a finding of serious deficiency or a determination that a corrective action plan is inadequate allow family child care providers enough time to take corrective action (90 days) Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

SERIOUS DEFICIENCY PROCESS The USDA guidance should: offer clarity on the different measures of noncompliance to reduce the number of providers who are sanctioned for unintentional program violations Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES Allows Residential Child Care Institutions to participate in CACFP instead of the school meals programs Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Expands eligibility for CACFP to schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

USDA PAYMENT RATES & INCOME ELIGIBILITY Directs USDA to announce the meal reimbursement payment rates & income eligibility guidelines by February 15th Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION Unwelcome Surprises Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

UNNECESSARY BUDGET REQUIREMENTS Requires sponsors to submit: a budget report describing expenditures the amount of meal reimbursements retained by the organization for administrative costs Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

ELIMINATES START-UP & EXPANSION FUNDS Eliminates CACFP start up & expansion funds Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

BIGGEST SURPRISE: A MONTH LATER Senate Committee Bill costs much more than expected CACFP additional snack could be in jeopardy Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

KEY MESSAGES TO THE SENATE Thank you for the Senate bill Maintain the provision allowing providers to offer an additional snack for children in care long hours Remove the new unnecessary budget reporting requirement for CACFP sponsors Restore CACFP start up & expansion funds Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

IMPROVING CHILD NUTRITION & EDUCATION ACT OF 2016 House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary & Secondary Education Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

Does not allow the option of an additional snack for children in care for nine or more hours a day (Senate bill does have this provision) NO ADDITIONAL SNACK Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

Allows for-profit centers to document institutional eligibility every four months instead of every month FOR-PROFIT CENTER ELIGIBILITY Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

CARRY OVER Provides a carry-over option for organizations sponsoring child care centers & afterschool programs in CACFP (Not in the Senate bill) Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

MANDATED REVIEW & REVISION Mandates a review of paperwork requirements Mandates a review of the CACFP serious deficiency process & guidance to assure a clear & fair system (Similar to the Senate bill) Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES & BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS SCHOOLS Allows Residential Child Care Institutions & Bureau of Indian Affairs schools to participate in CACFP instead of the school meals programs (Same as the Senate bill) Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

UNNECESSARY NEW REQUIREMENTS & ELIMINATION OF FUNDS Requires sponsors to submit: a budget report describing expenditures the amount of meal reimbursements retained by the organization for administrative costs Eliminates start up & expansion funds (Same as the Senate bill) Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

STATE AGENCY AUDIT FUNDS Connects the CACFP State agency option to draw down & spend additional state audits funds between 1.5 and 2 percent to working with other state agencies involved with monitoring of institutions These audit funds are crucial for State agencies to provide effective support & oversight for the new healthier CACFP meal pattern including increased site visits Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

TURN OVER ALL FINDINGS TO HHS Creates a problematic new requirement for all CACFP program findings to be turned over to HHS This could have a chilling effect on CACFP participation because it forces State CACFP agencies & in some cases sponsoring organizations of afterschool programs & family child care homes to report all findings to other agencies in the state (Not in the Senate bill) Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

KEY MESSAGES TO THE HOUSE The full committee bill should: Include the CACFP provision allowing providers to offer an additional snack for children in care long hours Eliminate the CACFP provision requiring findings to be turned over to HHS Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

KEY MESSAGES TO THE HOUSE The subcommittee bill is unacceptable because: Not enough is done for CACFP School meals verification & CEP provisions will damage access to school meals School nutrition standards are rolled back Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

KEY MESSAGES TO THE SENATE Thank you for the Senate bill Maintain the provision allowing providers to offer an additional snack for children in care long hours Remove the new unnecessary budget reporting requirement for CACFP sponsors Restore CACFP start up & expansion funds Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

KEY MESSAGES TO THE HOUSE The full committee bill should: Include the CACFP provision allowing providers to offer an additional snack for children in care long hours Eliminate the CACFP provision requiring findings to be turned over to HHS Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM INTEGRITY Proposed Rule Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM INTEGRITY Establishes fines or assessments against school food authority or school administering CNPs if they failed to correct severe mismanagement; includes ability to fine the State agency for failing to correct severe mismanagement Disqualification procedures: voluntary and non-voluntary State Agency/Sponsor Review Requirements: requires developing review criteria that accounts for risk of management problems State is liable to pay for all valid claims for reimbursement from non-Federal sources if fair hearing timeframes are not met Allows Department to increase amount of audit funds available to CACFP State agency if it can use to improve program management Disqualification list: if on one, barred from all Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

PROPOSED RULES: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM INTEGRITY Concerned with the proposed rule that allows both the State agency and programs to terminate permanent agreements for convenience. Allow states to terminate programs that serve remote or rural populations or because the fiscal or logistical burden of oversight is seen as too high for the State agency. We believe that this could reduce the participation in the CACFP program and leave many children and families vulnerable to hunger. We appreciate the attempt to create parity in level of oversight between affiliated centers, unaffiliated centers and family child care homes and in the application of risk-based monitoring principals which reward programs who do well with less administrative burden. Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

REVISED CACFP MEAL PATTERNS Finalized April, 2016 In effect October 1, 2017 Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

REVISED MEAL PATTERNS Go into effect October 1, 2017 Infant highlights: Requires whole vegetables and fruits to be served at snack for infants 6-11 months of age. Eliminates fruit juice from the infant meal pattern. Child highlights: Establishes a separate vegetable component and a separate fruit component at lunch, supper, and snack. Limits the service of fruit juice or vegetable juice to one serving per day for children 1 year old and older. Requires at least one serving of grains per day be whole grain-rich. Disallows grain-based desserts from counting towards the grains requirement. Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

FRAC WEBINAR New Healthier CACFP Meal Standards: What you need to know May 9, :00-2:30 EDT ar=61912 USDA has issued the new healthier meal pattern for the Child and Adult Care Food Program and related programs. Join the Food Research and Action Center and USDA for a webinar on the new rules and USDA’s implementation plans. ar=61912 Copyright Child Care Aware® of America.

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