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Hearing Tomorrow: Free Meals for Kids, Fair Pay for Child Care!
Time to show your support for Food with Care at the March 3 Senate Budget Hearing

Elyse Homel Vitale
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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Senator Josh Becker Introduces Statewide Bill to Provide Free Meals to Children in Child Care
Senator Josh Becker Introduces Statewide Bill to Provide Free Meals to Children in Child Care and Eliminate Child Care Pay Penalty...

Samantha Marshall
Feb 28, 20223 min read
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CA CDSS ListServ Round-Up: Team Nutrition Resources, Tip Sheets, Virtual Child Care Forums and more
Here's a round-up of the CACFP Branch, CDSS listserv emails in February. 02/18/2022 - New Team Nutrition Web Quiz: Older Adult Nutrition...

Samantha Marshall
Feb 22, 20221 min read
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Funding Opportunity for Licensed Child Care Facilities in CA. Learn more tomorrow!
The Minor Renovation and Repairs Grant Request for Applications is open for licensed child care and family child care providers! Deadline...

Samantha Marshall
Feb 14, 20221 min read
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Final Rule: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains & Sodium for CN Programs
On Friday, February 11, the CACFP Branch at the California Department of Social Services sent an email about recently published...

Samantha Marshall
Feb 14, 20222 min read
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CACFP Pop-Up Recording & Resources: CACFP Budget 101 and ECR Q&A
Yesterday, we held a CACFP Pop-Up with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to provide needed clarification on CACFP...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 28, 20222 min read
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CACFP Pop-up with CDSS this Thursday about CACFP Budgeting and ECR Q&A
Last week at our CACFP Roundtable Member Meeting, CACFP Roundtable and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) CACFP Branch,...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 24, 20221 min read
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Food w/ Care: Proposal to CA state legislature to reimburse child care providers at the highest rate
Earlier this month the CACFP Roundtable in partnership with Nourish California hosted a CACFP Policy Town Hall to present the policy we...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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CA CDSS ListServ Round-up: Mandatory Training, Direct Deposit, Supply Chain Disruptions and More
Here is a round-up of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) listserv emails from January 2022. Are we missing any? Please...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 22, 20221 min read
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CA State Meal Reimbursement - Unused Federal Admin Payments Pop-Up Recording and Slides
Today, the CACFP Roundtable and California Department of Social Services (CDSS) held a webinar to discuss State Meal Reimbursements and...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 11, 20221 min read
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Help Shape the Policy and Campaign to Bring Free Meals to All Kids in Child Care
January 13th from 11:30am-12:30pm PST Nourish California, in partnership with the CACFP Roundtable, is excited to announce the launch of...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 6, 20221 min read
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CDSS sends listserv today expressing apologies and explanation of late October claim payments
This afternoon CDSS sent out a listserv expressing apologies and explanation of the delayed payments for October claims. Please see...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 3, 20222 min read
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CA Child Care Stakeholders: CDSS is holding a Brilliant Beginnings Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will be holding a Brilliant Beginnings Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting on December 15,...

Samantha Marshall
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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CA - Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursements were disbursed to Sponsors on 11/23
On Tuesday, November 23, the California Department of Education (CDE) disbursed the ECR funds to eligible CACFP operators through CNIPS. ...

Samantha Marshall
Nov 29, 20211 min read
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CACFP Branch Chief Career Opportunity - Closes November 1
Category: Management Closing Date: November 1, 2021 Job Title: C.E.A, Level A Child & Adult Care Food Program Organization: California...

Samantha Marshall
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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CACFP Waiver Elections, SY 21/22 - updated guidance from CDE and CDSS
Yesterday, the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) sent out a listserv email...

Samantha Marshall
Sep 29, 20213 min read
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Pop-Up Waiver Discussion with CDSS - Recording and Resources
In April 2021, USDA released a suite of waivers for the 2021-2022 school year. The California Department of Education (CDE), in June...

Samantha Marshall
Sep 22, 20211 min read
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CACFP & License-Exempt (FFN) Child Care Provider Town Hall Recording and Resources
Last week, in partnership with the SEIU Education and Support Fund, the CACFP Roundtable hosted a Town Hall to better understand the...

Samantha Marshall
Sep 10, 20212 min read
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USDA Team Nutrition Updates Providing Multiple Meals at a Time for Children During COVID-19
Focused on School Year 2021-2022, USDA has updated last year's resource providing guidance to CACFP operators who are serving bulk meals...

Samantha Marshall
Sep 9, 20211 min read
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CACFP Community Events Coming Your Way: FFN Town Hall, CDSS Waiver Discussion, and Conference
The CACFP Roundtable is excited to continue bringing our community together for informational sessions and dynamic conversations about...

Samantha Marshall
Aug 13, 20212 min read
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