The New Look of Direct Certification Melanie Brummeler, MA, RD June 2007.

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


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)


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

Questions

CEPI Customer Support [email protected] select option “3”

Melanie [email protected]

The New Look of Direct Certification Melanie Brummeler, MA, RD June 2007.

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