1. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Laurie Pennings, MS, RD Nutrition Services Division Lpennings@CDE.ca.gov After School Supper Program

2. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2 What is the After School Supper Program? Component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program* New opportunity to serve supper! * Funded by USDA and administered by the California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division

3. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction Number of Sponsors Providing Suppers in California Oct 1 2010 – Nov 2012 (in millions) 3

4. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 Number of Suppers Served in California October 2010 – November 2012 (in millions)

5. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 5 What is the After School Supper Program? (cont.) Operates after school during the regular school 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.

6. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 6 Can I Serve both a Snack and a Meal? Yes!! If you are already on the School Snack program, you can stay on that program or serve the snack through CACFP. Should be two hours between serving the meal and the snack. Kids should be hungry!

7. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 7 Can I Serve just a Meal? Yes!!! NOTE: If the after school program is funded by ASES or 21 st Century Community Learning Centers, each component in the meal must meet the state nutrition standards for snacks. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/as/snackfacts.asp

8. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 8 School Eligibility (cont.) A program must be located in the attendance area of a school in which 50 percent of enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Find data for your school at this site: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sh/cw/filesafdc.asp Serve children 18 and under If the site is eligible, all meals reimbursed at the free rate!

9. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 9 School Eligibility (cont.) Must provide after school care with an education or learning enrichment component

10. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction Who can be served a Meal? You may serve other children who are not participating in the educational or learning enrichment activities.

11. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction You Can Serve Siblings Wow, isn’t that great! 11

12. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sponsoring other non-school sites Consider becoming a sponsor for non-school sites: –Low income housing units –Community centers –Boys and Girls Clubs –Churches 12

13. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13 What are the Requirements? Keep a roster or sign in sheet Meal counts – (Point of Service NOT required) Have a menu with portion sizes Serve required meal components  Sample menus available! http://frac.org/newsite/wp- content/uploads/2009/05/lunch_or_meal_sample_menu.pdf

14. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction Streamlined Training Requirements Members of the food service staff that are already trained under NSLP are not required to attend separate training on meal services. Admin staff must be trained on Program requirements. 14

15. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction Streamlined Monitoring Requirements Must monitor At risk sites for CACFP requirements, and follow up with appropriate corrective action but schools may follow the NSLP timing of visits. (Less visits!) 15

16. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 16 Meal Example Milk (8 ounces) Apple (1 small = 1/2 cup) Carrots (¼ cup) Half sandwich –Whole grain bread (1 slice) –Sliced turkey (2 ounces)

17. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction 17 Reimbursement Snack $0.78 Supper $3.0875

18. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction It’s Easy! Schools may use Offer Versus Serve with the CACFP meal pattern or the NSLP meal pattern No eligibility documents required- all meals are reimbursed at the free rate!

19. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction It’s Easy continued… No separate food service accounting is required. Funds can be comingled with NSLP! No menu production records! No management plan or budget required! No preapproval visit! Apply in CNIPS! 19

20. Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction To Apply The Application process begins with a phone call. Call: Laurie Pennings, Manager, CACFP Unit, Nutrition Services Division 916-324-7133 20

21. West Contra Costa USD Barbara Jellison bjellison@wccusd.net Director – Food Services “Supporting and Serving our Students and Communities Through Nutrition”

22. West Contra Costa Unified School District Enrollment: 29,500 students and 57 school sites Serving Richmond, El Sobrante, San Pablo, Pinole, Hercules, El Cerrito, Kensington, Tara Hills and Montalvin Manor District is 68% Free & Reduced Price (16 Provision 2 schools) Central kitchen (prepares all meals and delivers to all school sites) 7-year participant in NSL snack program 2-year participant in CACFP Supper program 2012/13 CACFP supporting 32 school site after school programs and 14 non-school site programs (children on site until 6 PM in the evening)

23. Why Suppers in West Contra Costa? For students: NSL snack program great benefit to students but biggest ongoing complaint from teachers and students was “not enough food, children always hungry in the afternoon.” For Food Services Department: More funding Larger meal Greater menu variety

24. 2011/12 WCCUSD transition to CACFP Before start of school year, made decision to switch to CACFP from snack program NSD great support in completing application and start-up of program WCCUSD runs large Seamless Summer Feeding program, continued into school year Began school year with 2-week cycle supper menu Afterschool programs and community non-profits on board and supportive of change -Training -Paperwork -Monitoring -Additional support Created part-time driver position to compensate for additional delivery of meals Community sites located on school delivery routes Monitoring similar to NSL snack program – ensures compliance

25. Menu

27. Menu-Order form

28. Weekly Meal Report

29. Transport Record

30. Central Kitchen/Sites Have Choices – How We Keep It Simple, But Interesting Use one menu to serve children K-12 All meals bagged – offer all meal items to each child Program sites order 1 month ahead (able to make changes to counts 2 days prior to delivery) Not using cycle menu, creating new in-house entrees (more salads, fruit and yogurt parfaits, greater variety of fruits and vegetable side dishes)

31. Oakland USD Jennifer LeBarre Director – Nutrition Services

32. Why Suppers in Oakland? Hunger Opportunity to create fully benefitted positions Opportunity to increase revenue

33. Suppers 2011-12 Started as pilot – Site selection Operations – One employee per site 3-hour shifts (per contract) – Menu Emphasis on hot meals Distinct from lunch menu

34. Lessons Learned Develop menus that are easy to serve Meal scheduling varies by age group Financially feasible – Utilize your staffing standards – Consistent ADP Parents appreciate service Students learning to eat and enjoy nutritious meals

35. Suppers 2012-13 Expanded to more schools Created 20+ fully benefited jobs Tailoring service to age group and program Addressing hunger

37. Rural Afterschool Suppers Michelle Larsen – Nutrition Director for Shasta County Office of Education mlarsen@shastacoe.orgmlarsen@shastacoe.org Denise Ohm – Nutrition Director for Enterprise Elementary School District Dohm@eesd.netDohm@eesd.net

38. Reasons for Suppers Best for the children, re-fuels children for learning North Woods Discovery School is our afterschool meal Champion Rother is a high need school (Provision 2) CACFP expands full reimbursements for sites (area eligible – don’t have to be site eligible)

39. Challenges Staff buy-in – Afterschool staff – Cooking staff Vending meal costs – Stay viable – 35 ADP break even point

40. What We Are Doing Providing suppers currently at two schools— Rother and North Woods Using two different models

41. Partnership SPONSOR CACFPVENDOR Shasta County Office of EducationEnterprise Elementary School District Receives reimbursement of $3.09/meal claimed Invoice $2.00/meal (labor, food, nonfood) for meals the site orders NOT claims Administration costs $0.67/mealPays mileage for pickup Total cost of meal is 2.67/mealCreated 2-hour position Afterschool sites are responsible for any excessive costs and will be billed. Example: They order 80 meals and serve only 70 meals on a daily basis.

42. Comparison of Sites North Woods Discovery School-Charter school – ADP = 75 Rother Elementary School-Public school – ADP = 125 Cold suppersHot suppers Pre-plated – NSL meal patternOffer vs. serve – NSL meal pattern Children eat in the classroom by grade level Common eating area Afterschool site facilitator picks up meals from vended site on Monday, Wednesday and Friday On-site prep by cook daily Volunteers put all meal components into paper sacks, and afterschool children deliver the sack suppers to the classrooms Afterschool staff and children serve Meal counts and clean-up by afterschool staff Supper is passed out right after school first thing when children get into their classrooms After homework time the supper is used as a transition from homework to physical activity outside

43. Reactions Parents – “I like suppers at school. I don’t have to rush home and cook something really fast because my kids are starving.” – “I have noticed my children eating more vegetables now.” – “My kids come home well-fed and sweaty from physical activity.” – “This program has been a big help to our family’s food budget.” (parent of 2 teenagers) Cooks – Initial reaction – “We feed them breakfast and lunch, and now we have to feed them supper?” – After implementing – “Supper is a great program for the kids!”

44. Reactions con’t Afterschool Teachers – “Kids are not nagging at the end of the day saying they are hungry.” – “Kids are telling their parents not to pick them up until after supper, which means the kids are getting their homework done and they are staying longer in the program.” – “Students are more energetic and happier.” – “Daily attendance remains steady.” – “Homework hour goes smoother at every grade level…seems some of the distractibility may have come from hungry kids!” – “Behavior issues across the program have decreased to an almost non-issue. Last year I needed assistance for behavior issues on average 3x/week, this year maybe 3x/month.”

45. Reactions con’t Afterschool Teachers con’t – “Kids feel like they are important because they are getting a bigger meal.” – "I have noticed a remarkable difference in the students after school at all grade levels. They all seem calmer and more satisfied. They play in groups and do all their activities with more focus, playing games on the playground, and I never see them fighting with each other or frustrated any more. I think this supper program addresses an important need that we didn’t think about before. This is a timeframe when these children need extra nutrition and, for many of them, that need was not being met before now. The overall feeling on the campus after school is calm and contented.”

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