the new look of direct certification
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The New Look of Direct Certification. Melanie Brummeler, MA, RD June 2007. Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004. Amended the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require Direct Certification - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The New Look of Direct Certification
Melanie Brummeler, MA, RDJune 2007
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004
Amended the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require Direct Certification
Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) must directly certify children who are members of the households receiving assistance under the Food Stamp Program as eligible for free school meals, without further application
Old Process
The Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) provided the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) with data files of children from food stamp households
MDE mailed the data files out to participating schools
New Direct Certification
MDE was awarded grant funds from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help develop a new process for direct certification
New Direct Certification
DHS will provide the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) with an electronic data file
CEPI will match data from DHS with student enrollment data reported by school districts in the Single Record Student Database (SRSD)
New Direct Certification
Beginning August 2007, a Direct Certification report through the Single Record Student Database/Unique Identification Code Application (SRSD/UIC Application) will be available for all public school districts
Nonpublic schools will be provided access to the report in the 2008-2009 school year
Benefits to New Direct Certification Increased security
No more social security numbers Districts will only view their enrolled students
Increased access Matching is completed via the SRSD/UIC
Application Web-based application available to all LEAs
Decreased verification efforts Students directly certified do not get verified
File Format
The direct certification report will be available in four different formats PDF Excel CSV HTML
Excel Format
CSV Format
LEA Responsibilities
LEAs must notify directly certified households
Household responsibility to notify the school if it does not want free school meal benefits
Accessing Direct Certification
The district/school UIC Resolvers will have access to the report in SRSD
How do I find out who my UIC resolver is?
https://cepi.state.mi.us/SRSD/CEPI_Reports/SRSDResolver.asp
Direct Certification Availability
Initial report ~ August 8
Version 2 ~ August 15
Version 3 ~ September 12 (Tentative)
Version 4 ~ October 1 (Tentative)
Version 5 ~ December 3
