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The California Office of Education (CDE) Nourishment Services Division is sending this detect to all statewide participants in the Baby Nutrition Packages in response to an unexpected emergency proclamation issued on October 22, 2021 by Governor Gavin Newsom relating to counties recovering from quite a few wildfires.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom currently proclaimed a point out of emergency to assist counties recovering from numerous wildfires, which includes the counties of Siskiyou and Trinity thanks to the River Sophisticated Fire Kern County because of to the French Fire Tuolumne County due to the Washington Fireplace Mendocino County because of to the Hopkins Fire and Tulare County due to the Windy Hearth and KNP Sophisticated Hearth.

The proclamation enables the counties to access means under the California Catastrophe Assistance Act to bolster their recovery attempts, supports impacted inhabitants by waiving charges to change documents these kinds of as driver’s licenses and beginning certificates, extends customer protections and streamlines and expedites the removal of ash and debris, amongst other provisions.

Governor Newsom has proclaimed a point out of unexpected emergency in counties impacted by the Fawn Fire, Cache Fire, Caldor Fireplace, McFarland and Monument fires, Antelope and River fires, Dixie, Fly and Tamarack fires and the Lava Fireplace and Beckwourth Sophisticated Hearth. The Governor has also signed govt orders to assist impacted communities and bolster wildfire response and recovery initiatives.

Recommendations on Disaster Relief
For information and facts on Governor Newsom’s emergency proclamation, be sure to refer to the Workplace of Governor Gavin Newsom web page.
For information on the CDE Assets for California Wildfires, be sure to refer to the CDE Resources for California Wildfires world wide web web page.
For details on the CDE Disaster Relief Suggestions, be sure to refer to the CDE Disaster Aid Guidelines internet web page.
For info on catastrophe assistance and means in California, please refer to the CDE Catastrophe Means internet webpage.
For data on crisis sources from federal, state, and area businesses, make sure you refer to the Governor’s Workplace of Unexpected emergency Services (OES) website
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Reimbursement Statements Submission Flexibility
The U.S. Section of Agriculture (USDA) can authorize the CDE to let faculty foodstuff authorities, institutions, and sponsors to submit statements over and above the 60-day submission necessity. Statements submitted right after 60 times, as a outcome of a disaster, are not subject to the a single-time exception for late submissions. For more information on late declare submission because of to disasters, refer to the USDA Coverage Memoranda SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, SFSP 18-2014 world-wide-web doc at Food and Diet Provider Catastrophe Assistance website web site.
For assistance with distributing your declare, get in touch with your Little one Diet Fiscal Assistance Analyst on the CDE Nutrition Expert services world wide web web site.
Use of U.S. Section of Agriculture Foodstuff in the course of a State and Federally Declared Catastrophe
Disaster relief organizations may designate colleges as neighborhood feeding sites or request that educational institutions supply their USDA Foods to other feeding web-sites. USDA Meals can be produced on request to regarded catastrophe reduction corporations these kinds of as the American Purple Cross or the OES. Facts about USDA Foods utilization, reporting, and saying processes during a disaster can be found in Administration Bulletin 02-401 on the CDE Use of USDA Meals in Catastrophe Feeding internet site.
The Catastrophe Feeding Advice for College Food items Company employing USDA Meals can be downloaded from the CDE Food stuff Distribution Assistance, Manuals, and Methods website web site.
Get in touch with Facts
If you have any issues concerning this matter, you should speak to the subsequent plans:
Faculty Diet Courses (SNP) & Summer season Meal Systems
Baby and Grownup Care Food items Software (CACFP)
Meals Distribution Program
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- Augie Aguilar, Food Administration Device Manager, by phone at 916-445-4850 or by e mail at [email protected]

Inquiries: 
Diet Services Division | 800-952-5609


Past Reviewed: Monday, November 1, 2021