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Hours: 1

Course Description: Breakfast Matters! School breakfast provides children with the nutritional support they need to start their school day well-nourished and ready to learn.  In this course, participants will discover the benefits of providing breakfast to children in school and how to operate a successful breakfast program. It will cover program requirements such as participant eligibility, meal pattern requirements, and reimbursement rates, as well as, breakfast service options and financial considerations to maximize impact. Finally, this course will showcase useful strategies to market and promote your breakfast program across the school community to ease the process and increase awareness. 

Hours: 1

Course Description: Program institutions and facilities receiving federal financial assistance are required to comply with federal civil rights laws to ensure all Child Nutrition participants have equal access to all benefits and services.  This course will review Civil Rights regulations, and provide all information necessary to ensure that your program is in compliance with these requirements.

Hours: 1.5

Course Description: CACFP regulations require that all new and participating CACFP institutions meet and maintain compliance with the three Performance Standards; Financial Management and Viability, Administrative Capability, and Program Accountability. This course is designed to guide CACFP institutions to better understand the importance of the Performance Standards, the reason that they were developed, and the criteria used to determine compliance.

Hours: 4

Course Description: The School Nutrition Program (SNP) Annual Training is a comprehensive online course designed to provide annual required training for school nutrition program employees. This training includes important topics such as civil rights, meal pattern requirements, recordkeeping, financial management/maintaining a nonprofit food service, procurement, the Administrative Review, food safety, an overview of determining eligibility and the verification process, and meal counting and claiming procedures. Information on wellness policies, competitive foods, and professional standards will also be discussed.

Offering meals for the SFSP is a great way to ensure that children have access to meals in the summer months. But how do sponsors make sure that people are aware of SFSP sites? How do sponsors attract children and parents to summer meal sites?  There are many forms of promotion and marketing that can help sponsors gain exposure. This course will discuss different ways to reach children and families by exploring forms of marketing and creative programming to build awareness and increase participation in the SFSP.

SFSP sponsors who administer the SFSP have a strong commitment to the wellbeing of the children in their community.  They want to serve meals to not only increase quality but to attract children to summer food sites.  However, the purchasing of food, goods, and supplies can sometimes be a challenging process.  This course will explore the options for buying meals in the SFSP, procurement methods, and the purchasing of local foods to maximize SFSP operations.