May 21, 2019 Hunger Solutions New York Webinar Afterschool … · 2019. 5. 5. · Fueling Success...

Afterschool Meals: Fueling Success Beyond the School Day____________________________________________________________________________

May 21, 2019 Hunger Solutions New York Webinar

Panelists:

• Amy Imler, Public Health Nutritionist, CACFP, New York State Department of Health

• Bridget O'Brien-Wood, School Food Director, Buffalo City School District, Erie County

• Bridgette Gates, Senior Director of Youth Development, Watertown Family YMCA, Jefferson County

• Krista Hesdorfer, Child Nutrition Programs Specialist, Hunger Solutions New York

Learning Objectives

Participants will better understand:

• The crucial role CACFP serves

• How CACFP’s afterschool meals component works

• How two current sponsors are nourishing kids beyond the school day

• Resources to help connect kids and teens with nutrition year-round

Making the Case for Afterschool Meals____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Krista HesdorferChild Nutrition Programs Specialist

Introduction

Who are we?

Hunger Solutions New York is a statewide anti-hunger organization.

We increase awareness of, support for, and participation in federal nutrition assistance programs.

Protecting Kids Against Hunger

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

• School Breakfast Program

• National School Lunch Program

• Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), including daycare & afterschool meals

• Summer Food Service Program

Hunger Solutions New York focuses on the following federal nutrition assistance programs:

Understanding the Scope

Food Insecurity: 10.9% of NYS households (USDA)

Low Food Security – “… obtained enough food to avoid substantially disrupting their eating patterns or reducing food intake by using a variety of coping strategies…”

Very Low Food Security – “…normal eating patterns were disrupted and food intake was reduced at times...”

Food Hardship: 18.6% of NYS households with children (FRAC)

“Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?”

The Meal Gap: 17.6% of NYS children

(Feeding America)

Analysis of the relationship between food insecurity and indicators of food insecurity.

Consequences of Food Insecurity

Food-insecure children are at a physical, academic, and social disadvantage.

Hunger interferes with children’s ability to learn, grow, and stay healthy.

Sources: Food Research and Action Center, Hunger and Health – The Impact of Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Poor Nutrition on Health and Well-Being, 2017.Food Research and Action Center, The Connections Between Food Insecurity, the Federal Nutrition Programs, and Student Behavior, 2018.

Child Nutrition Programs

Child nutrition programs decrease the risk of food insecurity among children.1

Have a positive impact on children’s health:

• Improved dietary intake• Less obesity• Improved overall health

1Source: USDA, Children’s Food Security and USDA Child Nutrition Programs, June 2017

Afterschool Meals

• Afterschool meals fuel learning.

• 7 in 10 surveyed parents said afterschool programs should provide healthy meals or snacks.

• 62% of surveyed parents said the availability of healthy meals and snacks is an important factor when choosing their child's afterschool program.

Source: Afterschool Alliance, America After 3PM, 2014

Current Reach: Afterschool Meals

• On an average day in October 2017, NYS

sponsors served more than 91,000afterschool suppers through CACFP.

• Average daily participation in CACFP

suppers increased 8.3% from October 2016 to October 2017.

Source: Food Research and Action Center, Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation, October 2018

Opportunities for Growth

School Lunch

1,413,589

NSLP Snacks140,834

CACFP Suppers91,620

CACFP Snacks27,485

Overall Afterschool

259,939

Average Afterschool Nutrition Participation Compared to Free or Reduced-Price School Lunch

1Source: Food Research and Action Center, Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation, October 2018

For every 100children eating free or reduced-price school lunch in March 2017, only

6.5 had access to an afterschool supper.

Growing Afterschool Meals

Strategies for increasing access:

• Apply for CACFP!

• Consider switching from snacks to meals, or serving both with ≥2.5 hours between.

• Help spread the word in your community.

Based on 2018-19 CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Snack/Supper reimbursement rates

AfterschoolMealsNY.org

Afterschool Meals Guide

Features new resources, including:

• Eligibility flow chart

• Sample menu

• School-Age Child Care registration fact sheet

• Sample reimbursement and application forms

• Much more!

Help Spread the Word

Afterschool meals web buttons, FAQ, and outreach palm card

Nourishing Kids Year-Round

Summer Food Service Program | SummerMealsNY.org

Statewide in 2017, SFSP reached approximately

27% of the low-income children

who eat school lunch1

36% of New York City’s

low-income children

17% of the rest of the state’s

low-income children

Many sites close after mid-August & few open sites serve meals on weekends.

1 Source: Hunger Solutions New York’s forthcoming Summer Meals Status Report.

Additional Resources

School MealsSchoolMealsHubNY.org

SNAPFoodHelpNY.org

WIC WICHelpNY.org

Let’s Stay Connected

WICHelpNY.org FoodHelpNY.org

SummerMealsNY.org ChildcareMealsNY.org

SchoolMealsHubNY.orgAfterschoolMealsNY.org

HungerSolutionsNY.org

Funded by NYSOTDA, NYSOCFS, USDA/FNS, FRAC, The Walmart Foundation, and Share Our Strength. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Thank you!

Krista HesdorferChild Nutrition Programs SpecialistKrista.Hesdorfer@HungerSolutionsNY.org

518-436-8757 x137

Sign up for updates: hungersolutionsny.org/get-updates-0/

CACFP At-Risk Afterschool ProgramsThe New York State Department of Health Child & Adult Care Food Program

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What is the Child and Adult Care Food

Program (CACFP)?

• CACFP reimburses day care programs for serving meals

and snacks that meet meal pattern requirements.

• CACFP offers training and assistance to participating day

care programs so they can serve healthy meals to

children and adults in care.

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CACFP Funding

▪ 100% of the funding is

from the United States

Department of Agriculture

▪ Administered by the New

York State Department of

Health- Division of

Nutrition

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Connecting Afterschool Programs to

CACFP• Hunger prevention

• Promotion of health and wellbeing

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At-Risk Afterschool Programs

• Provide organized afterschool care to school-age children

and teenagers

• Eligibility based on area public school free/reduced meals

– Update every 5 years

• Receive the highest rates of reimbursement for meals

• Families do not have to fill out income eligibility

documentation

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Operation

• During the school year

– Weekends

– School vacations

• Afterschool hours

• Free of charge to participants

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Eligible At-Risk Meals and Snacks

Can be approved to serve:

• Supper

• Snack

• Supper and snack

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Mealtimes

Guidance for serving supper and snack:

• When serving snack first, allow at least 2 hours before

serving supper.

• When serving supper first, allow at least 2 ½ hours

before serving snack.

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The CACFP Child Meal Pattern

All meals and snacks must meet

the CACFP Child Meal Pattern.

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Reimbursable Meals and Snacks

Three requirements for reimbursable meals and snacks:

1. All required components are served.

2. All foods and beverages are creditable.

3. All portions meet at least the required minimum

quantities.

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CACFP Child Meal Pattern

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What is in a snack?

(Select 2 of 5 components)

• 1 cup Milk

• ¾ cup Vegetable

• ¾ cup Fruit

• 1 serving Grains/Bread

• 1 ounce Meat/ Meat

Alternate

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What is in a Supper?

• (Serve all 5 components)

• 1 cup Milk

• ½ cup Vegetable

• ¼ cup Fruit

• ½ cup Grains or 1 slice

Bread

• 2 ounces Meat/Meat

Alternate

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Recordkeeping Requirements

• Attendance

• Meal Counts

• Menus

• Food Production Records or Daily Delivery Invoices

• Food receipts and other documents of food service

expenses

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Attendance Records

• Required by all programs

• Record who attends the program each day

– Daily attendance roster

– Sign-in sheets

• Required to complete the claim for reimbursement

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Meal Count Records

Required by all programs

• Record the number of eligible participants served a meal

or snack

• Required to complete the claim for reimbursement

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Menu

• Required by all programs

• Documents that the meals and snacks meet meal pattern

requirements

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On-Site Food Preparation

• Use the Food Production Record

– For programs serving supper OR supper and snack

– Documents how much of each required component was

prepared

– To be completed daily

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Vended Meal Service

• Use the Daily Delivery Invoice

– Documents meals purchased from a food service

vendor provide at least the required minimum

quantities.

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Reimbursement Rates for

Day Care Centers

Breakfast Lunch/Supper Snacks

Free $1.79 $3.31 $0.91

Reduced $1.49 $2.91 $0.45

Paid $0.31 $0.31 $0.08

At Risk N/A $3.31 (Supper

Only)

$0.91

Effective from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019

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Sample Reimbursement

– 100 children present

– 1 month (open 19 days)

– Serves snack and supper

▪ Total: $8,464 for the month

▪ Total: $84,645 for the School year

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Next Steps…

• Applications start by calling 1-800-942-3858

• Nutritionists are available to guide potential

sponsors through the application process.

• Contact Mary Ellen Flynn 518-402-7246

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CACFP Prescreening Tool

Visit the NYS CACFP prescreening questionnaire at:

https://pns.health.ny.gov/

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Website- www.health.ny.gov/cacfp

Email: cacfp@health.ny.gov

Please include “Outreach Coordinator” in the subject line

Thank you!

BPS AFTER SCHOOL SUPPER & SNACK PROGRAM

Bridget O’Brien Woodbwood2@buffaloschools.org

716-816-3688

CACFP & SNACKCACFP SUPPER PROGRAM➢APPROXIMATELY 3,500 MEALS PER DAY➢37 SITES

SNACK➢APPROXIMATELY 1,500 SNACKS PER DAY➢23 SITES

REIMBURSEMENT RATECACFP SUPPER

➢$3.31/MEAL PLUS .235 CIL

SNACK

➢.91/SNACK

CACFP MEAL REQUIREMENTS

MENU

CACFP SUPPER MEAL PICTURES

TRAINING

➢APPROXIMATELY 75 STAFF

➢REVIEWS DONE BY MANAGERS

➢MEET WITH PROVIDERS TO GET FEEDBACK ON

PROGRAM

CHALLENGES

➢ATTENDANCE NUMBERS

➢PRODUCTION RECORDS

➢SEPARATION OF BUDGET FROM CHILD

NUTRITION PROGRAM

➢VARIETY OF MENU CHOICES

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Questions?

Stay connected:

Krista.Hesdorfer@HungerSolutionsNY.org

WICHelpNY.org FoodHelpNY.org

SummerMealsNY.orgChildcareMealsNY.org

SchoolMealsHubNY.orgAfterschoolMealsNY.org

HungerSolutionsNY.org