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MINUTES Your link to the Child and Adult Care Food Program INSIDEINSIDEINSIDEINSIDEJuly 2007 Illinois State Board of Education Expect Mealtime Minutes in Your Mailbox This October!..........................................1 View Meeting the Special Needs of Children Video Online............................................1 ADMINISTRATION Fiscal Year 2008 Child and Adult Care Food Program Annual Application Renewal.....1 Civil Rights Complaint Procedures................2 Budget Fun ....................................................2 The Question and Answer Corner .................2 Claim Common Cent$ ...................................3 POLICY BULLETIN BOARD Household Eligibility Information Booklet .....3 Responsibilities of a Multi-Site Sponsoring Organization ........................3 Infant Formula/Food Waiver Notification Document ............................4 TRAINING Workshops, Workshops, Workshops ............5 New Color Me Healthy Training Available Soon!.......................................5 FOOD SERVICE AND NUTRITION Combination Dishes ......................................5 CALENDAR OF EVENTS (July Through October) ...................6 ADMINISTRATION
Nutrition Programs
Expect Mealtime Minutes in Your Mailbox This October!
Watch for the Mealtime Minutesnewsletter in your mailboxes this October. In addition, you may also download currentand archived issues at www.isbe.net/nutrition.
View Meeting the Special Needs of Children Video Online
View the National Food Service ManagementInstitute’s (NFSMI) one-hour satellite seminar via a streaming video at http://www.nfsmi.org/Education/Satellite/ ss39/satinfo.html. The program is based on NFSMI’s Handbook for Children With Special Food and Nutrition Needs. The handouts areavailable at the same website under Print Materials.Find the streaming video under Webcast.
Fiscal Year 2008 Child and Adult Care Food Program Annual Application Renewal
Each year institutions are required to renew their Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) application. The CACFP annual application for fiscal year (FY) 2008 will be available on Child Nutrition ACES around August 1, 2007. If theapplication is not available at the time you try to roll it over, you will receive a messageto try again later.
Submitting the Electronic Application
Fiscal year 2008 institutions with one site and outside Cook County will be required to submit a budget. Next fiscal year (FY09) institutions with one site and within Cook County will be required to submit a budget. If the budget is not required to be submitted, institutions will only submit the Site and Sponsor Application and the Annual Budget link under the Selecta Link drop-down menu will read “Annual Budget—Not Required for FY08.”
Even if your institution is not required to submit a budget as part of theapplication renewal process, it is a good business practiceto create a budget each year for your institution. You may use your own budget forms or the budget spreadsheet at www.isbe.net/nutrition. Click on Child and Adult Care Food Program, and then click Forms, Documents, and Resources. Be sureto maintain a copy of your budget for your records.
Theapplication requirements for sponsoring organizations with morethan one site will remain the same. Theseinstitutions will be required to first submit the Site Applications, then the Annual Budget, Sponsor Application, and Management Plan.
Application Approval Letter
Theapproval letter for the onlineapplication is emailed to your ISBE Web Application Security (IWAS) inbox. It is emailed to all persons with IWASaccess for that particular agreement number.
If you do not receivetheapproval letter via email, it is also available through Child Nutrition ACES. Selectthe Document Archive link in the Selecta Link drop down-menu. This will bring up the date(s) of your approval letter(s), click on the date and theapproval letter will open. Printa copy of your FY08 approval letter for your files.
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