Policy Updates and Compliance Reminders
Effective May 15, 2022, the annual Civil Rights training that meets USDA Child Nutrition Program requirements as mandated in FNS Instruction 113-1 will be provided through the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) rather than TDA. New users must register with ICN, and ICN will issue completion certificates. Starting May 15, links to the online training and instructions for taking ICN classes can be found here.
…And Justice For All (AJFA) Posters
The AJFA poster prototypes available on the USDA FNS website (marked with a FOR FNS USE ONLY banner at the top) do not contain the accurate updated Nondiscrimination Statement and should not be printed to replace the previous version of the poster. USDA is currently printing AJFA posters with the new 2022 Nondiscrimination Statement (NDS), and until the new posters are available, CEs should use the 2019 versions they currently have.
If you have already disposed of your previous posters and printed and posted the online version, you will not receive a finding. However, you must replace that poster with the new version once those are received.