Training for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs

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ADE Health and Nutrition Services is dedicated to providing child nutrition professionals with training to support you and your teams' professional learning needs to fulfill annual training requirements, support program integrity, and elevate Child Nutrition Programs across Arizona.

ADE is here to help you fulfill your training needs to successfully operate your programs and to help you and your staff obtain the annual training hours required for Professional Standards. Because the trainings offered are vast in quantity and diverse in content, ADE has drafted specialized curricula based on job duties to help customers get started creating training plans for the year. Each curriculum provides suggested training relevant to a specific role. Please note that the trainings are suggested but not required.

The table below includes the online trainings available from HNS on NSLP and SBP operations. Training types include recorded webinars, how-to guides, and online courses. Training certificates for recorded webinars can be found at the end of the webinar slides. Training certificates for how-to guides and online courses are at the end of the training.

For the slides and recordings of HNS' Staying on Track Monthly Webinar, please visit the Staying on Track webpage by clicking here.

For the upLIFT Webinar Series, please visit the upLIFT webpage by clicking here.

For trainings on afterschool feeding programs, please click the Training on Afterschool Feeding button at the bottom of this page.

For registration support, please see the APLD Learner Guide and FAQ’s.

Training Type	Training Title	Training Length
Administration
Online Course	Orientation to the National School Lunch Program Assessment	2.0 hours
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Submit Site and Sponsor Applications in CNPWeb	1.5 hour
Online Course	Designing Your Employee Training Plan Workbook	1.5 hours
Webinar	Professional Standards 101	1.0 hour
Webinar	Staying on Track	1.0 hour
Certification and Benefit Issuance
How-To Guide	How to Complete the Free and Reduced-Price Policy Statement	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Process Household Applications Activity Application #1 Activity Application #2 Activity Application #3 SY 24-25 Income Eligibility Guidelines	1.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Identify Household Applications That Are Error-Prone	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Create a Benefit Issuance Document (BID) Sample BID Enrollment Handout	1.0 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: Introduction to CNP Direct Certification in CNP Direct Certification/Direct Verification	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Directly Certify a Partial Match	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Conduct Direct Certification using State Match	0.25 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Conduct Direct Certification using File Upload	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Conduct Direct Certification using Individual Student Lookup	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Conduct Direct Certification Using Other Documentation	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Complete Direct Certification Using Medicaid Data	0.25 hour
Webinar	Direct Certification Best Practices (Slides) (Answer Key)	0.5 hour
Webinar	Boost Your Eligibility Ability	1.5 hour
Communications & Marketing
upLIFT Webinar Series	#PlanYourBrand: Branding Your School Nutrition Programs	0.5 hour
Webinar	Promoting Your Child Nutrition Programs	1.0 hour
Counting & Claiming
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Complete Daily Edit Checks	1.0 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Submit a Claim in CNPWeb	0.75 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Submit a Claim in CNPWeb for Sites Operating the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)	0.75 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Submit a Claim in CNPWeb for Sites Operating the Special Assistance Provision 2	0.75 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Submit a Claim in CNPWeb for Sites Operating the Special Assistance Provision 3	0.75 hour
Webinar	Meal Counting Do’s and Don’ts	1.0 hour
Farm to School & School Gardens
School Garden Webinar Series	Aligning Curriculum to School Garden Programs	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Aligning School Garden Seasonality with the Academic Calendar (Resource)	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Garden to Cafe - Food Safety in School Garden (Recording) (Slides) ADHS School Garden Webpage Navigation	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Soil Structure & Building Robust Soil Systems (Resource) (Q&A)	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Sustainable Funding Streams for School Gardens	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Success Stories with Alhambra Elementary District	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Success Stories with Concordia Charter School, Inc.	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Success Stories with Humboldt Unified District	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Success Stories with Joseph City Unified District	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Success Stories with Osborn School District	1.0 hour
School Garden Webinar Series	Success Stories with Prescott Unified School District	1.0 hour
Webinar	Virtual Food Education	1.0 hour
Food Safety
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Develop a School Food Safety Program Based on the Process Approach to HACCP Principles	1.25 hours
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
Online Course	Orientation to the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program	1.0 hour
Local Wellness Policy
Webinar	Local Wellness Policy: A Guide to Success (Recording) (Slides) (Q&A)	1.0 hour
Webinar	Local Wellness Policy Assessment: Making it Meaningful	1.5 hours
Webinar	Local Wellness Policy Final Rule: Guidance and Tools From ADE (Recording) (Slides)	1.5 hours
Menu Planning/Meal Pattern
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Plan a Lunch Menu	2.5 hours
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Plan a Breakfast Menu	1.5 hours
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Complete the Medical Statement for Students with Special Dietary Accommodations	0.5 hour
Webinar	CN Labels and Product Formulation Statements	0.75 hour
Webinar	Preschool Meal Pattern for School Food Authorities	1.0 hour
Webinar	Salad Bars in the School Nutrition Programs	1.0 hour
Webinar	The Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains	0.75 hour
Nutrition
upLIFT Webinar Series	Baby Steps to a Better Menu (Handout)	0.5 hour
upLIFT Webinar Series	Eat Your Fruits and Veggies!	0.5 hour
upLIFT Webinar Series	Starting a Salad Bar, Part 1: The Why (Handout)	0.5 hour
upLIFT Webinar Series	Using Taste Tests and Surveys to Engage Students in School Meals Taste Tests Timeline and Checklist Deer Valley USD Organizing Taste Tests Deer Valley USD Tasting Experience	0.5 hour
Operations
Webinar	Production Record Overview	0.5 hour
Webinar	Recognizing a Reimbursable Breakfast Meal at the Point of Service	0.5 hour
Webinar	Recognizing a Reimbursable Meal at the Point of Service	0.5 hour
upLIFT Webinar Series	Standout Story: Whole Grains	0.5 hour
upLIFT Webinar Series	Starting a Salad Bar, Part 2: The How Salad Bar Implementation Checklist and Resources	0.5 hour
Webinar	Using Appropriate Serving Utensils	0.5 hour
Online Course	Meal or No Meal In a game format, attendees will be provided 9 different trays in which they must identify if the tray is reimbursable for lunch for Offer vs. Serve. Training can be completed by a single user or used by a facilitator in a group training.	0.25 hour
Online Course	Meal or No Meal – Breakfast Edition In a game format, attendees will be provided 9 different trays in which they must identify if the tray is reimbursable for breakfast for Offer vs. Serve. Training can be completed by a single user or used by a facilitator in a group training.	0.25 hour
Online Course	What Schools Need to Know About the Arizona Healthy Schools Act	N/A
Procurement
Online Course	Procurement Basics	2.5 hour
Online	Procurement of Food & the Geographic Preference Expansion	1.0 hour
Quick Guide	Buy American Accommodation Quick Guide	N/A
Residential Child Care Institutions
Quick Guide	Operating the National School Lunch Program at a Residential Child Care Institution	N/A
Resource/Financial Management
Webinar	How to Complete the Food Service Annual Financial Report (Recording) (Slides) (Q&A)	1.0 Hour
Webinar	Assessing Your Finances: Where Do You Go From Here?	1.0 Hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Complete the Capital Expenditure Pre-Approval Request Form	0.25 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Complete the Non-Program Food Revenue Tool	0.75 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Determine Adult Meal Prices Using the Adult Meal Pricing Tool	0.5 hour
Online Course	Navigating Grants Management Enterprise for Health and Nutrition Services Grants	0.25 hour
School Breakfast Administration
Webinar	Equipment for Your School Breakfast Program	1.0 hour
Webinar	Implementing Alternative Service Models in Your School Breakfast Program	1.0 hour
Toolkit	Breakfast in the Classroom Toolkit	N/A
Toolkit	Grab 'N' Go Breakfast Toolkit	N/A
Toolkit	Second Chance Breakfast Toolkit	N/A
Smart Snacks
Online Course	Smart Snacks and Competitive Foods Standards in Arizona	0.5 hour
Webinar	The What, Why, and How of Smart Snacks Worksheet, Answer Key	1.0 hour
Webinar	Smart Snacks	0.75 hour
Special Assistance Provisions: Application and Operation
How-To Guide	How to Apply for an Extension in Provision 2 or 3	1.0 hour
Online Course	How to Apply and Operate Special Assistance Provision 2/3 Base Year	1.0 hour
Online Course	How to Operate Special Assistance Provision 2/3 Non-Base Year	1.0 hour
Online Course	Implementing the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)	0.5 hour
Quick Guide	How to Collect and Report Identified Student and Enrollment Counts	N/A
Quick Guide	Using the Alternative Form for Income-based Eligibility when Operating a Special Provision Option	N/A
Special Milk Program
Online Course	Introduction to the Special Milk Program	0.15 hour
USDA Foods Program Operations
Webinar	Introduction to CNP MyFoods (Slides) (Recording) (Q&A)	1.0 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Create a Surplus Catalog Requisition	0.25 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Schedule a Shipment and Complete a Shipment Verification	0.5 hour
Quick Guide	How to Complete the USDA Foods Portion of the AFR	N/A
Quick Guide	How to Create a Processing Catalog in CNP MyFoods	N/A
Quick Guide	How to Create a Direct Delivery Catalog in CNP MyFoods	N/A
Verification
Online Course	Verification Review	2.0 hours
Webinar	Verification Review for School Year 2025-2026 (Recording) (Slides) (Q&A) Verification Best Practices Calendar It’s More Than a Meal Application	1.0 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Conduct Direct Verification	1.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-By-Step: How to Submit a Verification Confirmation Review Waiver	0.5 hour
How-To Guide	Step-by-Step Instruction: How to Submit the Second Review of Applications Report in CNP Verification Reporting	0.5 hour
Webinar	Submitting the Verification Summary Report for SFAs That Collected Applications - December 9, 2025 (Recording) (Slides)	1.0 hour
Webinar	Submitting the Verification Summary Report for SFAs That Did NOT Collect Applications - December 11, 2025 (Recording) (Slides)	1.0 hour

Training on Afterschool Feeding