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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 [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Please include “Outreach Coordinator” in the subject line
Thank you!
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
Afterschool Meals and SnacksWiley Elementary School
Watertown Family YMCA
Culinary Classes and GardeningSummer programs
Watertown Family YMCA
Questions?
Stay connected:
WICHelpNY.org FoodHelpNY.org
SummerMealsNY.orgChildcareMealsNY.org
SchoolMealsHubNY.orgAfterschoolMealsNY.org
HungerSolutionsNY.org
