2023 Mountainview Daycare Nutrition Program
SUMMER? YES! BUT ANNUAL RENEWAL IS COMING FAST!
Annual Renewal Forms will be mailed or hand delivered to all providers. Please complete them promptly and return to us. The Enrollment Renewal Report and Application can be signed, scanned and then emailed to us at in-box@mdnp.org or the signed forms mailed to our office at 3131 Smokey Pt Dr Ste 5A, Arlington, WA 98223.
 
Summer mealtime changes: Please update us at in-box@mdnp.org with summer mealtime changes and schedules if going out of the home during a snack or meal.
 
Food Lists: In KidKare you may have noticed that the food list has been expanded when claiming both cereal and crackers. This allows you to more accurately choose what is being served.

2023 Annual Provider Training Webinar will be online at the end of August! Watch your inbox for an email to access the webinar online so you & your staff can complete the training by September 15 deadline.
 AUGUST header holidays: : 4th US Coast Guard Day; 7th Nat’l Lighthouse Day; 9th Smokey Bear Day;
16th Nat’l Roller Coaster Day; 19th Aviation Day; 21st Senior Citizen Day; 28th Racing Mouse Day
WELCOME LYNN DEVOE
 
You’ll be seeing Lynn during the coming year as she joins us in fulfilling our part in helping you in using the CACFP guidelines to help children learn good nutrition and eating healthy meals and snacks. She’ll be doing in home monitoring visits and helping with office record keeping.
 
Lynn comes to us with a background in teaching elementary age children. Her work with children and education makes her ideal for Mountainview Daycare Nutrition Program’s goals of providing Child Cares with good nutrition training and follow-up.
TIERING INFORMATION UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT
As of July 1, 2023 all FDCH providers have been evaluated for Tier status per the President’s pandemic ending declaration. Census & School data has been reviewed. You should have received an email detailing your tier status and forms attached as needed.
 
Thank you for serving the children in your community and for supplying well-balanced meals to the children in your care. With the very fast rising cost of food we are grateful to help offset these costs with USDA’s reimbursement.
Protecting the health and well-being of children, staff and families is an important component of a child care program. The health & safety specialists at Child Care Aware provide information and training on a variety of topics to help child care providers create and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Some areas covered include: Medication Admnistration; First Aid; Safety Injury Prevention; Healthy Practices & Disease Prevention.
 
Other Helpful Resources
 Caring for Our Children (CFOC) is a collection of national standards that represent the best practices, based on evidence, expertise, and experience, for quality health and safety policies and practices for today's early care and education settings. Visit the Caring for Our Children website for information.

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this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity
and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; fax: (202) 690-7442; or email: program.intake@usda.gov.
 This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Contact MDNP at: 360-653-7273 / 800-631-1118 / www.mdnp.org