Title: Getting Back to Nutrition California
1Getting Back to Nutrition California
Carol Chase, M.S., R.D. Nutrition Education
Administrator Nutrition Services
Division California Department of Education
2008 National CACFP Conference
2Discussion
- Strategic Assessment of the Child Care
Environment - Child Care Nutrition Website
- Food for Thought Curriculum
- Infant Nutrition Online Course
3Strategic 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
5Child 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
6Child 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
7Child 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
8Draft 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
9Strengthening 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
10Indirect Benefits
- Broadened knowledge and support for CACFP
- Invitations to present at conferences
- Enhanced collaboration across state agencies
11Next Steps
12Child Care Nutrition WebsiteProjected
LaunchingWinter 2009
- Interactive Learning Center
- Targets directors, teachers, parents
- Funded by Federal Child Care and Development
Block Grant funds
13Child CareNutrition Website
- Four Online Courses
- Nutrition Basics
- Preschool Nutrition/ Active Play
- Mealtime Environment
- Food Safety
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14Child CareNutrition Website
- Nutrition Education Curriculum
- Food For Thought
- Tip of the Month
- Parent Nutrition Newsletters
15Food for Thought
16Food for Thought
- Nutrition Education Curriculum
- 32 nutrition education lessons
- integrates education domain
- Team Nutrition Funds
17Infant 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
18Infant 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
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19Questions?
- 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