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Nutrition Action Alert
July 17, 2012 In this Issue Do You Know of an Innovative Breakfast Program? Tell Us! USDA Interim Rule for Certification Compliance CFPA's Recommendations to Improve CalFresh Enrollment Process In the News Nearly 4 Million Californians Cannot Afford Enough Food, California Watch link	Do You Know of an Innovative School Breakfast Program? “Breakfast in the Classroom”, “Grab ‘n Go”, and “Breakfast on the Bus” are great examples of innovative models currently used across California to successfully serve school breakfast. CFPA is conducting a survey to find out which California school districts are bringing the benefits of the most important meal of the day to the most students and how. If you know of a school district successfully using an innovative school breakfast model please take a moment to tell us more about it! E-mail Nicola at nicola@cfpa.net. Questions? Contact Nicola at 213.482.8200 USDA Interim Rule for Certification of Compliance - Comments due 7/26 USDA published an interim rule "Certification of Compliance with Meal Requirements for the National School Lunch Program Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010", that went into effect July 1, 2012. Comments are due Thursday, July 26. Learn more. link Interim rule and instructions for submitting comments. link CFPA's comments. PDF Questions? Contact Markell at 510.433.1122 x107 Improving the CalFresh Enrollment Process for Applicants: CFPA Recommendations "Improving the CalFresh Enrollment Process for Applicants" looks at five strategies to streamline and improve the CalFresh application process. This document includes recommendations for policymakers and CalFresh administrators. Read the recommendations. PDF More information on CFPA's CalFresh work. link Questions? Contact Kerry at 510.433.1122 x110
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