1. Advisory Council for School Nutrition
Wednesday February 13
Conference Call

2. Conference Call Instructions
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3. Meeting Agenda 2:05 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. Welcome & Updates Amanda Mercer
2:10 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. Blueprint Update
Gabriella Warner
2:25 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. CDPHE Guest Speakers
Meghan George-Nichols
2:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. CSNA Legislative Update
Danielle Bock
2:50 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ACSN Report Out
ACSN Members
3:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. Closing & Next Steps

4. Welcome & Updates Amanda Mercer

5. New Addition to the Team: Gabriella Warner!
Updates
New Addition to the Team:
Gabriella Warner!
New monthly e-newsletter:
The Dish: Updates from the School Nutrition Unit
Replaces and combines the weekly Thursday Update & monthly SFSP update
Goal is to highlight the positive impact Child Nutrition Programs are having on students and communities across the state while providing program updates and information to SFAs

6. Workgroup Updates
CO Blueprint to End Hunger:
Blueprint work underway! (Update provided later in the presentation)
Hired Blueprint Project Manager, Gabby Warner in December. Grant team includes Carrie Thielen, Gabby Warner and Amanda Mercer
Contracted external evaluators from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Evaluation Unit

7. Workgroup Updates
How to Talk to School Administration:
Provide additional training of the CDE Data, Accountability and Improvement dashboard. The dashboard provides a summary of financial information and data to use with administrators. Possible Greater Denver or CSNA sessions on this topic.
Talking with administrators in program tips in the Dish. These tips will be relevant to the time of year.
Support on administrative reviews—talk with administrators on struggles.

8. Questions?

9. Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger Gabriella Warner

10. Committed partner to Goal 5
Maximizing participation in child nutrition programs
Programmatic Focus
National School Lunch Program
School Breakfast Program
Afterschool Snack Program
Summer Food Service Program
Partner Program
CACFP
As Bre mentioned, the Blueprint work is well under way!

11. Team CDE Blueprint Team Amanda Mercer - General Oversight
Budget
Workgroup 4
Carrie Thielen - Project Director
Oversee evaluators/needs assessment
Direct grant deliverables
Workgroup 5
Gabriella (Gabby) Warner - Project Manager
Manages and executes day to day activities of the grant
Please reach out with comments/questions – will direct to appropriate party if needed

12. Survey Planning Grant Need Assessment Survey Literature Review
All SFA Survey
Key Informant Interviews
Community Asset Map
Survey
Who: SFA Child Nutrition Directors that operate, at min, the NSLP
Sample Size: 208
Completion rate: 88%
One year planning grant from CHF to help CDE devise an Implementation Plan to support SFA’s in ensuring maximum program participation in fed meals programs
The SFA Survey that went out mid-Jan was one component of the larger needs assessment, which includes: refer to slide
[assumption that they all have seen AND taken it, so will not review questions]
The survey was administered in conjunction with CDPHE’s Evaluation Unit
*UPDATE*
Decided to send out a supplemental survey to NON-SFA summer sponsors – pre-survey went out Monday (2/11) and survey will go out this week.

13. Respondents by Enrollment
TOTAL
TOTAL
Student Enrollment | # of SFAs
<50 6
51 to
501 to 1,
1,0001 to 5,
5,001 to 10,
>10,
Student Enrollment | # of SFAs
<50 6
51 to
501 to 1,
1,0001 to 5,
5,001 to 10,
>10,
Monitoring urban v rural and FRL % as well - would like to get an accurate snapshot of who completed survey; ensure full representation
Response rate by enrollment –

14. Respondents by FRL FRL%
Not Complete
Percent (N)
Complete
0 to 25% 0%
100% (15)
25 to 50%
15% (12)
85% (68)
50 to 75%
7.8% (5)
92.2% (59)
75 to 100%
100% (13)
Non public school or missing FRL
22.2% (8)
77.8% (28)
Response Rate by Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage

15. Next Steps Thank you! Key Informant Interviews Regional Messaging
For spreading the word re: survey
Key Informant Interviews
Purpose:
Glean additional detail & context for survey responses
Drill down into specific audiences
Sample Size: ~20 people
Dates: March 2019
Regional Messaging
Information provided will help CDE curate appropriate training, resources and partnerships
Will continue to communicate with external partners to share efforts (Hunger Free Colorado, LiveWell Colorado etc.)
June Meeting
Feedback opportunity
Hoping to have KII with people representing:
Various sides of Child Nutrition Program operations (i.e. potentially principals, teachers, FSDs)
Different geographical areas (urban v rural)
Other federal nutrition program operators (CACFP)
Other provision programs (CEP, Provision 2)
June meeting – in person workgroup

16. Questions?

17. Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Meghan George-Nichols

18. Agenda
CACFP and your district
Updates
Future work

19. CACFP Programs
Child Care Centers
Head Start Programs
Outside School Hours
Afterschool At-Risk Meal Program

20. USDA streamlining policies
What have we been up to?
USDA streamlining policies
Applications
Monitoring Requirements
Compliance monitoring
Updated process for Afterschool At-risk licensing requirements
Remote staff
Modernizing our training
Collaboration with CDE

21. SFA landing spot on CACFP website More collaboration with CDE
Still to Come
SFA landing spot on CACFP website
More collaboration with CDE
Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger
4 Day school week outreach
Joint technology solution

22. 303-692-2330 https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/cacfp
CACFP

23. Questions?

24. CSNA Legislative Update – Danielle Bock

25. ACSN Report-Out

26. Closing Amanda Mercer

27. Next Steps & Evaluation
Next Meeting: CSNA conference
June 10-12
ACSN Networking Lunch instead of full-on meeting after the conference?
Would you still like Aaron Oberg (School Finance) to attend?
If so, what topics do you want specifically covered?
Topics for next Meeting?
School Finance?
Staff retention?
Today’s Meeting:
What worked?
What did not work?