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Title: Getting Back to Nutrition California


1
Getting Back to Nutrition California
Carol Chase, M.S., R.D. Nutrition Education
Administrator Nutrition Services
Division California Department of Education
2008 National CACFP Conference
2
Discussion
  • Strategic Assessment of the Child Care
    Environment
  • Child Care Nutrition Website
  • Food for Thought Curriculum
  • Infant Nutrition Online Course

3
Strategic Assessment of the Child Care Nutrition
Environment
  • Target Audience Child Care Stakeholders at all
    levels
  • Development Cost 75,000
  • Funding Source Child Care and Development Block
    Grant funds

4
Driving Forces
  • Obesity Prevention
  • Children Enter School at Risk for Obesity
  • Eating and Physical Activity Habits Formed Before
    School
  • Children Spend A lot of Time in Child Care
  • School Nutrition Momentum

Contact person and email if appropriate
5
Child Care Advisory GroupFormation
  • Advisory Group of Statewide Child Care
    Stakeholders Convened By
  • California Department of Education,
    Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack
    OConnell
  • California Health and Human Services Agency,
    Secretary Kim Belshé

6
Child Care Advisory Group Membership
  • State Agencies
  • California Department of Education
  • Nutrition Services and Child Development
    Divisions
  • California Health and Human Services Agency
  • Departments of Public Health (WIC) and Social
    Services (Community Care Licensing Division)
  • First Five California
  • Child Care Advocacy Groups
  • Child Care Food Program Roundtable
  • California Food Policy Advocates
  • California WIC Association

7
Child Care Advisory Group Membership (continued)
  • Child Care Providers and Sponsors
  • Day care, after school
  • Head Start Centers
  • Child Care Centers (for profit and non-profit)
  • CACFP Sponsors-including some that operate WIC
    programs
  • Child Care with School District Affiliation
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Child Care Administrators
  • Local Child Care Planning Councils
  • Early Childhood Educators

8
Draft Recommendations
  • Four interdependent Strategies
  • Strengthening the CACFP Program
  • Child Care Program Nutrition and Physical
    Activity Requirements
  • Consistent Messaging Related to Nutrition and
    Physical Activity
  • Expanded Nutrition Training for Child Care
    Programs

9
Strengthening the CACFP Program
  • California Standards for an Improved CACFP Meal
    Pattern
  • Modification of the USDA CACFP Meal Pattern
  • Streamlined CACFP Compliance Requirements to
    Increase Agency Participation
  • Collaborative CACFP Marketing Plan
  • Evaluation of Nutrition and Physical Activity
    During CACFP Monitoring
  • Required CACFP Participation for State Funded
    Child Care Providers

10
Indirect Benefits
  • Broadened knowledge and support for CACFP
  • Invitations to present at conferences
  • Enhanced collaboration across state agencies

11
Next Steps
12
Child Care Nutrition WebsiteProjected
LaunchingWinter 2009
  • Interactive Learning Center
  • Targets directors, teachers, parents
  • Funded by Federal Child Care and Development
    Block Grant funds

13
Child CareNutrition Website
  • Four Online Courses
  • Nutrition Basics
  • Preschool Nutrition/ Active Play
  • Mealtime Environment
  • Food Safety

14
Child CareNutrition Website
  • Nutrition Education Curriculum
  • Food For Thought
  • Tip of the Month
  • Parent Nutrition Newsletters

15
Food for Thought
16
Food for Thought
  • Nutrition Education Curriculum
  • 32 nutrition education lessons
  • integrates education domain
  • Team Nutrition Funds

17
Infant Nutrition in USDAs Child Nutrition
Programs Online Course
  • Target Audience Infant Caregivers in Child
    Nutrition Programs
  • (CACFP, NSLP, SBP, SFSP)
  • Development Cost 10,000
  • Funding Source Child Care and Development Block
    Grant funds

18
Infant Nutrition in USDAs Child Nutrition
Programs Online Course Highlights
  • Course Development
  • Course content developed by CDE/CACFP
    nutritionist
  • Course technology developed by Chico State
    University Technology Learning Program
  • Course Content
  • 7 Modules
  • Online Attendees
  • 2007 65 CACFP and NSLP infant caregivers
    completed the course with certificates
  • 2008 Up to 300 Child Nutrition Program infant
    caregivers will be offered the course beginning
    Spring 2008
  • Exploring continuing education unit possibilities

19
Questions?
  • Carol Chase, Nutrition Education Administrator
    cchase_at_cde.ca.gov
  • Kelley Knapp, Nutrition Education Specialist
    kknapp_at_cde.ca.gov
  • Lynette Haynes, Nutrition Education Consultant
    lhaynes_at_cde.ca.gov
  • 800-952-5609
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