ACL’s Nutrition and Aging Resource Center serves as a resource for enhancing program sustainability and resiliency. You will find a variety of resources including training and tools, success stories, and data and evaluation.
Visit ACL’s website for Senior Nutrition Program webinar series for older adult nutrition providers.
The Older Californians Nutrition Program Menu Guidance is now available!
The Older Californians Nutrition Program (OCNP) Menu Guidance is based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 and is released with PM 21-XX, replacing PM 12-17(P).
Here are some highlights of what you will find in the OCNP Menu Guidance:
Please note, the guidance provided in FAQ # 6, Question 7 regarding flexibility in meeting the DGAs and DRIs still applies while we remain under the Major Disaster Declaration:
CDA strongly encourages AAAs and service providers to continue to follow the DRI and DGA to the greatest extent possible during this time to maintain the health and manage chronic disease conditions of our program participants. ACL and CDA does understand that AAAs and service providers may deviate from the DRI and DGA as congregate nutrition providers transition to providing frozen and shelf stable meals and attempt to get meals out to a greater number of older adults in an expedient manner. Pursuant to presidential approval on March 22, 2020 of the California Major Disaster Declaration under the Stafford Act, Title III service providers are given additional flexibility in providing disaster relief services until the Major Disaster Declaration has ended (end date has not been announced). Among the flexibilities provided are that disaster relief meals are not required to meet the DRIs and the DGAs. These flexibilities also extend for meals provided using the Families First Coronavirus Aid Relief Act (FFCRA) and Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) supplemental funding, regardless if California is still under a Major Disaster Declaration.
If you have any questions, please contact CDANutritionandHealthPromotion@aging.ca.gov