This webinar is for school districts that have been asked to participate in our testing of the state level DC match project. More information will be shared about the specifics of the project, the goals of the project, and what will be asked of you. Any feedback, questions, or concerns about the project will also be addressed. Please come prepared with any questions you may have and we will answer them during the webinar.

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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 Rates
Goal 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

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Questions/Concerns
Contact
Brittany Mally
b.mally@agri.nv.gov