Audit Report 27010-06-KC, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Wildwood, Inc

Executive Summary - FNS Instruction 113-1 The instruction has been revised to ensure increased accountability and efficiency at all levels – from local agencies to Headquarters FNS. The efforts to revise the instruction are the results of an intense partnering process over the past three years. The last major revision of the instruction was in the mid 1980s. Revisions to the instruction primarily reflect the legislative changes that have occurred over the past several years. The new document merges all of the previous, independent 113 series instructions into a single instruction. It provides a clearer explanation of roles and responsibilities, and it removes ambiguity regarding the process of managing complaints of discrimination. The title has been changed from Policy on Nondiscrimination to Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement – Nutrition Programs and Activities. The following describes the major changes made to each section of the instruction. Section I – Purpose The bases for discrimination (race, color, national origin, age, sex, or handicap) were removed from the purpose statement and an all encompassing phrase was added, so that the last part now reads “….enforcement of the prohibition against discrimination in all FNS nutrition programs and activities, whether Federally funded in whole or not.” Section II – Authority Repealed citations were culled and several relevant citations were added: • Title VI of the Civil ...