direct certification pilot group webinar
TRANSCRIPT
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Direct Certification State Level Match Project
Brittany Mally, RD
May 22, 2017
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Agenda
• Background• Direct Certification (DC) State Level
Goal• Adding Medicaid eligible• Current DC match process• New DC match process• Timeline• Testing the new process• Feedback/Questions/Concerns
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• Define direct certification
• Overview of which programs are eligible for DC
• Different than filling out a paper application
• DC rates effect ability to participate in Community Eligibility Provision
Basic Terminology
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Background
• Only 3 of 22 Local Education Agencies (LEA) in NV use an electronic matching system for DC
• Currently only 1 state sponsored charter school is using DC
• Currently 3 sources for DC data – NDA, DWSS, & NDE
• With the ART grant we received money to help pay NDE and IC to get a state level match in place
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Match RatesGoal Rate = 91%Nevada’s Rate = 84%
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Goals of Project
• Implement state level DC matching system
– Ideally this will reduce administrative burden at the school and district levels
– Improve student access to school meals
– Improve certification accuracy
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• NDA approved to pilot a DC Medicaid eligible match for SY 17/18
• Will be integrated into the statewide DC match project
• Students receiving Medicaid will be a DC
– SNAP and TANF >Medicaid
• Keep in mind just a pilot project
DC Medicaid Pilot Project
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SNAP/TANF
• SNAP/TANF data is collected at DWSS
DWSS• DWSS houses the
data and sends the file to NDA
NDA
• NDA separates the file out by LEA (districts) and sends to districts via Mustang
LEAs
NDE
Current DC Match Process
• LEAs grab their file from Mustang and match that list with their current student list to find DC matches
• LEAs report DC matches to NDE via Bighorn uploads
SNAP= Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
DWSS = Division of Welfare & Supportive Services
NDA = Nevada Department of Agriculture
NDE = Nevada Department of Education
LEA = Local Education Agency
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New DC Match Process
SNAP/TANF/Medicaid
• SNAP/TANF/Medicaid data is collected at DWSS
DWSS• DWSS sends this
data to NDE now instead of NDA
NDE• NDE takes data
and matches it with statewide student population
LEAs• NDE “pushes” FRL
status of DC matched students to LEAs in IC = no manual matching for LEAs
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Test LEAs
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Testing the process
•Designate one point of contact as liaison for this project to report feedback and differences to NDA
Designate
•Take the state level match list from NDE and compare to your list of DC students whom were certified through your current method
Compare & Validate
•Report to NDA the differences in students listed between the state level match list and your current district match list
Report
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Timeline
May/June-Receive
state level list from
NDA/NDE
June/July-Compare lists and
report back to NDA/NDE
July/Aug- NDE fixes any issues
with list & testing of FRL
status in IC starts
Aug/Sept– Roll out process statewide
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• Throughout this process we need your feedback
– Problems or IT issues
• Problems with IC
– Match rates
– Matching errors
Feedback
