2 positions available

Maine Department of Education – Child Nutrition, Augusta

Position #014001156, 020232400

MSEA – Professional & Technical

Pay Grade: 26, $56,264.00 - $83,761.60/Annually

Opens: June 27 Closes: July 14

**Must live in Maine**

Apply Here: https://mainebhr.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0p4lp/

The Child Nutrition Department is looking for a new member of our Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) team. We are a dynamic group of professionals who work to implement the USDA Child Nutrition programs.  Staff work to approve operations, distribute funds, provide training and technical assistance, provide outreach and form partnerships, and monitor and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations and guidance.  This team member can work hybrid but must be able to travel for site audits.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide outreach and administer trainings in a variety of formats to recruit new program participants; interpreting federal Child Nutrition regulations and waivers from the USDA as well as administering and explaining these regulations to program operators; providing new applicants with personalized technical assistance regarding completing CACFP contracts; evaluating, processing and approving new contracts and annual contract renewals between CACFP applicants and the state agency to ensure they demonstrate that they are operating in conformance with the CACFP performance standards - Viability, Capability and Accountability (VCA) outlined in federal regulation 7CFR 226.6(b)(1): performing in-depth, institution-wide financial audits to ensure that applicants meet federal CACFP financial viability requirements, reviewing in-house institutional policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal CACFP requirements for administrative capability; planning, developing and administering technical assistance and trainings to CACFP program operators to ensure that federal and state regulations regarding CACFP program operations are followed; approving and monitoring applications for CACFP start-up and expansion funds; applying for and managing CACFP grant funding; reimbursement for accuracy and remitting reimbursement payments within federally established timeframes when needed, and connection school nutrition programs with the CACFP.