2016 OCN State Conference 1

OCN State Conference Child Nutrition State Conference July 21, 2016

OCN State Conference What’s New in Child Nutrition?

New Systems OCeaN to MARS MS Application and Reimbursement System APS to MAPS MS Automated Purchasing System What’s New in Child Nutrition? 4

New Decide to Succeed Updated training New Instructors New Facility Special thanks: Decide Task Force Rankin County School District What’s New in Child Nutrition? 5

CN Reauthorization Few days left on the legislative calendar Major differences between Senate and House bills Push to “hotline” legislation What’s New in Child Nutrition? 6

Possible Changes Block grants Whole Grain waiver 80% CEP minimum to 60% SmartSnacks rules for menu items What’s New in Child Nutrition? 7

What do I do? Plan, Prepare, Hold Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 and its associated regulations are still in effect What’s New in Child Nutrition? 8

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. ~ William Arthur Ward What’s New in Child Nutrition? 9

FSMCs - do your research School Foodservice – Outsource or Self-Op? ewsroom/jcnm/06spring/sackin/i ndex.asp Food Service Management Companies 10

What are the possible benefits? – Outsourcing of staff – Higher take home pay for workers – Lowering costs? – Increasing participation? Food Service Management Companies 11

What are the possible problems? – Managing the contract – Up to 20 cents/meal payment to FSMC – Workers lose state retirement benefits Food Service Management Companies 12

Other FSMC issues: Office of the Inspector General findings regarding FSMCs New USDA regulations expected Problems with cost reimbursable contracts Food Service Management Companies 13

USDA's Office of Inspector General: “the most prevalent area of non- compliance found in (Food Service Management Company) cost-reimbursable contracts is the failure to return the value of discounts, rebates, and credits to the nonprofit food service account. This loss represents millions of dollars for school food authority nonprofit food service accounts annually. Food Service Management Companies 14

Proposed RFPs due to OCN by Feb 1 OCN must approve RFP OCN may attend bid opening OCN must approve contract before it is signed Administrative review during first year of contract FSMC Requirements 15

New School Food Service Administrators New SFSAs 16

In Memory Donna Freyaldenhoven July 2, May 29,

Changes at the Office of Child Nutrition Changes at OCN 18

Back and on Contract! Becke Bounds Priscilla Ammerman Sharon Miller Changes at OCN 19

Purchasing and Food Distribution – Christell Hicks, Director – Chainese Sly, Projects Officer Changes at OCN 20

Training and Program Outreach – April Catchings, Director – Chaquita Nichols, Policy Analyst – Etta Sanderson, Policy Analyst Changes at OCN 21

Schools Support –Gwenyth O’Quine, Area Specialist Claims and Finance –Danielle Stephens, Accountant CACFP Support –Lawren Long & Lakeca Smith, Auditors Changes at OCN 22

Administration – Jennifer Boler, Grants and Contracts Changes at OCN 23

Administration – Ginger Gibson, Assistant State Director Changes at OCN 24

Changes at OCN 25 Ginger Gibson, Assistant State Director

Changes at OCN 26 Jennifer Boler Director of Contracts and Grants

Proposed Release Date: August 31, 2016 Applications Due: September 29, 2016 Awarding: 25 grants (applications must be submitted by the school district on behalf of each school site applying for the grant award. No more than two (2) schools within a school district may apply). Funding Amount: $18, Grant Period: November 1, 2016 thru December 31, USDA Foodservice Equipment Assistance Grant ©MDE – Office of Child Nutrition27

2016 USDA Foodservice Equipment Assistance Grant ©MDE – Office of Child Nutrition 28 Grant Purpose:  Purchase equipment that improves the safety and quality of food served in the school meals programs (e.g. hot/cold holding equipment, refrigeration, milk coolers, freezers, blast chillers, et.). STANDALONE EQUIPMENT ONLY; NO counter top!  Purchase equipment that improves the overall energy efficiency of the school nutrition operations (e.g. purchase of an energy-efficient walk-in freezer or cooler replacing an outdated, energy-demanding freezer or cooler).  Purchase equipment that allows School Food Authorities to support expanded participation in a school meal program (e.g. equipment for serving meals in a non-traditional setting or to better utilize cafeteria space).

Proposed Release Date: September 1, 2016 Applications Due: October 12, 2016 Awarding: 20 grants to those who did NOT receive funding from grant. (Applications must be submitted by the school district on behalf of each school site applying for the grant award. No more than two (2) schools within a school district may apply. Schools with larger enrollment will receive more points). Funding Amount: $18, Grant Period: December 1, 2016 thru August 14, Nutrition Integrity Grant ©MDE – Office of Child Nutrition29

Grant Purpose:  To remove fryers and replace with Combination Oven Steamers to prepare similar foods without deep fat fryers.  To promote and share information on the feasibility and cost of removing fryers and installing Combination Oven Steamers with other food service personnel in Mississippi schools.  To eliminate fried foods for a period of five years.  To provide healthier school meals by reducing the amount of calories, fat, saturated fat and trans-fat served, to help students to become healthy, fit, and ready to learn Nutrition Integrity Grant ©MDE – Office of Child Nutrition 30

Changes at OCN 31 Jennifer Boler

Health is Academic 32