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Join in the DESE-FNS weekly webinar series every Tuesday in August from 1-2:30 PM. (Event Flier).
The Zoom link will be sent to Authorized Representatives and Food Service Directors at 1pm the Monday before each webinar. The attendance limit for each webinar is 350 and will be first come, first served. The Zoom link will open 15 minutes prior to the start time. If you do not receive the Zoom link, email foodandnutritionservices@dese.mo.gov.
Webinars will be recorded. Recordings, resources, and training certificates for each webinar will be available the Friday following each webinar.
| August 3 | SY21-22 Application Packet |
| August 10 | Meal Pattern Waiver and Meal Service Waivers |
| August 17 | Administrative & Procurement Reviews |
| August 24 | Paid Lunch Equity and Adult Meal Pricing |
| August 31 | Town Hall |
2021 Summer Workshop Information
2021 Summer Workshop Recorded Presentations
- Opening Session Summer Workshop 2021
- Administrative Review - Seamless Summer Option
- Basics of Smart Snacks
- Basic Procurement
- Food Allergies 2.0 (Case Studies)
- Food Service Management Company RFP and Contract Basics
- Menu Analysis Basics - Calculating Meat/Meat Alternates and Grains
- New Food Service Directors Basics
- Overview of Procurement Reviews
- Production Records and Menu Documentation
- Professional Standards in Child Nutrition Programs
- School Meal Connections - Linking the Cafeteria to Nutrition Education
- School Food Service Revenue and Expenditure Coding
- Seamless Summer Option Program
- Understanding Area-Eligibility
- Unscrambling USDA Foods
- What to Expect During an Administrative Review
Webinars/Workshops
2020 Summer Workshop Recorded Presentations
Back to School Training Live Webinar Recording
Presentation Handout
- 4 Day Meal Pattern Lunch and Breakfast
- 6 Cent Worksheets: How To Guide From Beginning To End (coming soon)
- Afterschool Snack and Common Findings on Review
- Alternative Breakfast Models (coming soon)
- Benefit Issuance & Verification Special Situations (coming soon)
- Civil Rights
- Common Corrective Actions Found During the Administrative Review
- Crediting Gains in Recipe Converter
- Essential Documents for Crediting & Food Safety (coming soon)
- Meal Pattern Lunch and Breakfast
- Offer Versus Serve: What makes a Reimbursable Meal? (coming soon)
- Professional Standards in Child Nutrition Programs (coming soon)
- Standardized Recipe Converter (coming soon)
- Verification Process
- Verification Report
- What To Expect During an Administrative Review
2019 Summer Workshop Recorded Presentations
- Benefit Issuance: Eligibility Basics and Direct Certification
- Approving Applications
- Calculating Meat/Meat Alternate and Grain Components
- Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
- Completing the Five-Day Non-Program Food Revenue Tool
- Essential Documents for Food Safety and Crediting
- Free and Reduced Application Process
- How to Avoid Fiscal Action During the Administrative Review
- Local Meal Charge Policy: Regulations and Reality
- Medical Statements
- Nonprogram Food Revenue and Completing the Extended Nonprogram Food Revenue Tool
- Offer versus Serve
- Paid Lunch Equity Tool (PLE) Tool
- Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool in Web Applications
- Pre-K Meal Pattern
- Pricing Adult Meals
- Provision 2
- Standardized Recipes and Production Records
- Tools for Calculating Meats and Grains
- Verification Reports
Additional Resources