administrative update for early head start and head start programs
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Administrative Update for Early Head Start and Head Start Programs. Alaska Child and Adult Care Food Program August 14, 2014 Required for FY 2015. USDA – Child and Adult Care Food Program. Legislation Regulations Instructions Policy Memos. USDA – Child and Adult Care Food Program. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Administrative Update for Early Head Start and Head Start Programs
Alaska Child and Adult Care Food Program
August 14, 2014
Required for FY 2015
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USDA – Child and Adult Care Food Program
Legislation – latest is the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010
Regulations Code of Federal Regulations Title 7
Agriculture, Chapter II – Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture Part 226
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7 CFR 226.2, 226.15, 226.16, 226.17, 226.17a, 226.20
Parts of 226 that you may be interested in: .2 Definitions .15 Institutional provisions .16 Sponsoring Organization provisions .17 Child care center provisions .17a At-Risk afterschool care center prov. .20 CACFP Meal Requirements
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From Regulations:Basic Requirements
Tax exempt or meet for-profit require. New applications and renewals req. Accept final administrative and
financial responsibility Provide adequate supervisory &
operational personnel Pre-approval visits for all facilities Recordkeeping – outlined on next slide
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Recordkeeping
Application & supporting docs Enrollment & eligibility Daily attendance & meal counts Daily meal counts for adult program staff Invoices/receipts/records of costs and of
income Claims submitted within timeframe
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Recordkeeping, cont.
Receipts of program payments from EED
Documentation of meals served (Menus, recipes, recipe analysis, production records)
Monitoring records Training sessions (& attendance at
training of monitors) Non-profit food service
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Basic Requirements, cont.
Perform edit checks prior to claim submission Have daily records available Meal type approved 2nd person double-check counts, if menus
are creditable (children/infants/allergies), attendance is being completed
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Basic Requirements, cont.
Permanent Agreement with the state Proper commodity utilization Record retention 3+ current year Comply with regulations, instructions,
& guidance Ensure WIC material available
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USDA – Child and Adult Care Food Program
FNS Instructions Posted on CNP website Provide guidance
Ie. FNS Instruction 796-2 Rev. 4– Financial Management in CACFP
Updated this year! Good resource
http://education.alaska.gov/tls/cnp/CACFP6.html
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USDA – Child and Adult Care Food Program Policy Memos Distributed through Alaska Bulletins and
USDA website Guidance on specific topics
CACFP 11-2013 Q&A Head Start
Policy Memos can be found on USDA website:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/care/Regs-Policy/PolicyMemoranda.htm
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Update & Renewal for FY2015
Update annually & renew every 3 years Database Updates & Renewals due
October 1st Forms due October 1st
Except the NPFS Financial Report One Month Attendance Report(if you also
have a child care)
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Child Nutrition Program (CNP)Database
FY2015– Renewals/Updates Handout on CNP yearly update Uploading claims to CNP
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Child Nutrition Program (CNP)Database
Type in URL address – http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/cnp/
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All Programs Update Yearly
Submit to the state agency by October 1st
Management Plan (if updated) Attachment A & B (Budget sheets for
sponsoring orgs – more than one site) Attachment C Attachment D Cycle Menus Vended Meal Agreement (if applicable)
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Central Contract Registry (CCR)
All recipients of federal funds must register on CCR
Update or renew annually Need a Data Universal Number
System (DUNS) number to register
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All Programs Update Yearly
Submit to the state agency by November 10th
Non-Profit Food Service (NPFS)Financial Report
One Month Attendance Report – NEW!! (if you also have a child care center)
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Non-profit Food Service Financial Report
Best Practice:
Food costs = or > than 50% of reimbursement
If you don’t meet this submit an explanation with form as to why you are not spending at
least 50% of reimbursement on food
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Non-profit Food Service Financial Report continued
Print out all back-up when you complete this report and keep in your files
Report from your accounting system What system do you use? What report dates are you using?
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Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
Cash = expenses & income reported when paid/received
Accrual = expenses & income recorded when incurred
End of year you’ll use accrual (costs & income in September for September)
Non-Profit Food Service
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Additional Documents for Renewal (every 3 years)Submit to the state agency by October 1st: Recipes & recipe analysis Organizational Chart
And if the following have changed: Outside Employment Policy Mission Statement Non-discrimination Statement
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Claim for Reimbursement
Due no later than 60 days past the end of claim month Needs to be in PENDING APPROVAL by due
date (see claim calendar) Additional 30 days for upward amendment for
total of 90 days past end of claim month On-line claim must be submitted by
authorized representative Requires Total Attendance
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Claim for Reimbursement cont.
Total Attendance for Month Add all children throughout the month Duplicated number
Type this number on line 6 The database will compute Average Daily
Attendance (ADA) on line 7
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Claim for Reimbursement cont.
Costs entered on sponsor claim sheet
All costs must be approved prior via Budget Actual costs for food, non-food, labor (no guesses) Only CACFP on receipts – do not include non-CACFP on same receipt Note food or non-food amount on each receipt System for compiling to accurately submit expenses on monthly claim
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Claim for Reimbursement cont.
Claims by site What to do if you haven’t received all
paperwork for all of your sites? Database requires you to have 75% of your sites
submit claims If site not claiming for a month:
Go into site information sheet & revise to un-check the month, then submit for approval
If you haven’t started the claim the site will not show up – if you have touched the site claim we will have to delete at the state agency
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CACFP Training by state
Annual attendance is required Need Civil Rights training yearly May be found Seriously Deficient for
non-attendance at annual state training
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Annual Civil Rights Training
Two options: PowerPoint on the CNP website: http://education.alaska.gov/tls/cnp/CRR.html
Or distance training through eLearning site:http://education.alaska.gov/ELearning/
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CNP Administrative Reviews
At least every 3 years More often if :
follow-up is needed State CNP needs to meet 33.3%
requirement
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Core Review ElementsEnrollment & Eligibility
Enrollment forms – NEW!! CACFP information required on
enrollment forms Name Date of birth Normal days and hours of care Meals normally eaten Parent signature
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Core Review ElementsEnrollment & Eligibility
License posted if licensed center & within capacity
Attendance Records Where do you take attendance? Most issues come with lack of good
attendance WIC information posted
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Core Review ElementsMeal Counts Point of Service meal counts
Count by child’s name (most reliable and you can verify w/attendance)
Consistent counting methods Consistent compilation of counts Double-check system in place prior to
submission to state
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Core Review ElementsMeal Counts
Attendance should not be used for meal counts
Meal count at point of service on separate sheet
Meals not reimbursed if meal count is not current
Avoid counting at end of meal – when children have left the table it’s too late!
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Core Review ElementsMeal Counts
Procedure to ensure non-reimbursable meals not claimed
Program adult meals counted (not claimed) Non-program meals counted (not claimed)
Who is paying for these meals since they are not USDA meals? HS reimburse CACFP? Food costs not included in CACFP food costs?
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Core Review ElementsMeal Observation
Meal Service Portion sizes Creditable components Type of meal service implemented
correctly Family Style Pre-plating
Eating environment POS Meal Counts Health & Safety
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Core Review ElementsMenu Records & Meal Pattern
Cycle menus HM & CN listed & actual doc on file Variety of cycle menus for the year Variety of foods served
Working menus must be on file Recipes with analysis for serving sizes
Need recipes even if you have production records Production records (if using) Medical statements
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Core Review ElementsInfant Feeding
Infant = 0 through the 11th month Have to offer to all program participants
– cannot exclude infants Procedure for double-check that meals
are creditable before claiming Separate Infant menu/meal counts Formula/Feeding selection forms on file
or include on enrollment form
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More notes on Infant Meals Imperative to train staff well Use new infant menu/meal count
sheets Double-check and only claim if meals
are creditable for age
More infant training on CNP website:http://education.alaska.gov/tls/cnp/CACFP3.html
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Core Review ElementsVended Meals
Intent to contract to EED prior to setting up contract
Approved (by EED) contract on file Menus/recipes/CN labels – provided
by vendor and available on review Who creates the menus? What do you do if not meeting CACFP or
HS standards?
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Core Review ElementsVended Meals continued
Daily vendor receipts Time/temperatures documented on
receipt daily Items delivered & quantities
Vendor receipts = end of month invoice – who checks this??
Back-up system
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Core Review ElementsNon-Profit Food Service
Costs are accountable (food/non food are different ledger accounts)
Costs match or exceed reimbursement Food Costs = or > than ½ the
reimbursement or reason why not 50% Food receipts match menu Reimbursement is used for CACFP
Food costs & Operating costs Not used for other center programming
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Core Review ElementsNon-Profit Food Service cont.
Must be on approved budget Food receipts match menu Reimbursement is used for CACFP
Food Non-food Operational Costs Operational Labor (actual time spent) Administrative & Administrative Labor
Actual time spent Cannot exceed 15% of total reimbursement
Not used for other center programming
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Core Review Elements CACFP Staff Training
Annual CACFP training must be conducted
Annual Training File must include: Agenda with all topics listed:
Attendee names & signatures Date of training Location of training Any materials used in training (keep together)
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Core Review Elements CACFP Staff Training
New Employee CACFP training must be conducted New Employee Orientation sheet
Agenda with all topics listed: Attendee names & signatures Date of training Location of training Any materials used in training (keep together)
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Core Review Elements CACFP Staff Training
All CNP CACFP training presentations will be available on CNP website
http://education.alaska.gov/tls/cnp/CACFP3.html
CACFP Training Agenda Template available on CNP website
http://education.alaska.gov/tls/cnp/CACFP2.html
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Core Review ElementsSite Review (site-monitoring)
At least 3 times a year No more than 6 months between Timely corrective action (document) If new site – must do:
Pre-approval visit 1st site visit within 4 weeks of open
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Core Review ElementsSite Review (site-monitoring) Form available on web
Monitor one meal type Visit each classroom Summary at the end must be completed 2 signatures Complete 5-day reconciliation-Updates
Check attendance & enrollment with meal counts
Each classroom (use addendum if needed)
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Core Review Elements 5 Day Reconciliation - UPDATED
14. Do daily attendance records support the meal counts for the day of review & prior 4 days? (Complete a 5-day reconciliation below)
Meal Verified: __Breakfast XXLunch/Supper __Snack (AM/PM/Eve)Day 1 Date: 7/29/14 Attendance: 25 Enrollment: 35 Meal Count: 24Day 2 Date: 7/30/14 Attendance: 20 Enrollment: 35 Meal Count: 24Day 3 Date: 8/3/14 Attendance: 23 Enrollment: 35 Meal Count: 23Day 4 Date: 8/4/14 Attendance: 25 Enrollment: 35 Meal Count: 24Day 5 Date: 8/5/14 Attendance: 22 Enrollment: 35 Meal Count: 22
Document last 5 days
•Attendance (from actual sign in/sign out)
•Enrollment (are all children enrolled?)
•Meal Count Sheets
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Core Review ElementsCivil Rights Requirements Justice for All poster(s) displayed Racial/ethnic count noted by reviewer Your procedure on collecting
racial/ethnic data you submit yearly on CNP web
No discrimination taking place Complaint procedures understood
Write down your complaint procedure
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Core Review ElementsCivil Rights Requirements
Non-discrimination statement Long Version Website Newsletters Menus (short version okay) Parent Policies
This is what some programs forget
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UpdatedNon-discrimination Statement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)
f you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at [email protected].
Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339; or (800)845-6136 (Spanish).
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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Non-discrimination Statement short version
This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer
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Core Review ElementsHealth Safety & Sanitation
State of Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) & Municipality of Anchorage (MUNI) Food Worker Cards -3 years Certified Food Protection Manager
(CFPM) – 5 years
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Core Review ElementsHealth Safety & Sanitation
Documentation Copies of FW cards Copies of FW test completion Certified Food Protection Manager
certificate Documentation of correspondence or
enrollment for next CFPM training
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Core Review ElementsSanitation
Food Storage Refrigerator/Freezer (age of food/ temps/cleanliness) FIFO
Food Handling Practices Preparing Serving
Dishwashing/garbage Safe Food Handling
Time/Temperature Proper use of Gloves
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Core Review ElementsProgram Administration Paperwork is organized and accessible Records & accounts available Confidentiality of participant information Correspondence/guidance with EED Permanent Agreement with EED Management Plan on file & updated
Now this is required yearly
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Follow-up Reviews
May be unannounced Target corrective action issued, but may
be more comprehensive Checking for Permanent Corrective
Action Needs to be permanent – or move through
Serious Deficiency Process
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Corrective Action
If findings on Administrative Review May be found Seriously Deficient (letter will
be sent to you) Corrective Action given 2 weeks to submit documentation If you need another week, contact CNP
ahead Can be found SD if late on corrective action
submission
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Serious Deficiency in CACFP
226.6(c)(2) and 226.6(c)(3) Submission of false information Permitting an individual on NDL list to
serve in a principal capacity Failure to operate Program in
conformance with the performance standards 226.6(b)(1)xviii) & (b)(2)(vii)
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Serious Deficiency cont.
Failure to comply with bid procedures & contract requirements
Failure to maintain adequate records Failure to adjust meal orders Claiming reimb. for meals not served Claiming meals that do not meet
requirements
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Serious Deficiency cont. Use of a food service vendor that is in violation
w/ health codes Failure to properly train or monitor facilities Failure to perform any of the other financial
& admin. Responsibilities ie. Late submission of update/renewal
Any other action affecting the institution’s ability to administer the Program
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Potential Termination from CACFP
If Corrective Action is not Permanent Institution may be found out of
compliance Serious Deficient (if not found SD in the
past) Notice of Termination (if already SD on
this issue) with Appeal Rights
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CACFP Fiscal year (FY) 2015
August/September 2014
October 1, 2014
November 10, 2014
October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015
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Health Safety & Sanitation Resources
DEC or Muni
DEC CFPM Training Available:http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/fss/training/cfpm.html
Muni Information Available:http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/healthesd/sanity.cfm
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For More Information
Ann-Marie MartinCACFP Coordinator
(907)[email protected]
Alexis Hall
Education Program Assistant
(907) 465-4969