Alabama Immigration Law Compliance Guidelines

Dear Sponsors:
ALABAMA IMMIGRATION LAW COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES
FOR CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS DOING BUSINESS WITH
THE ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Section 9 of Alabama Act No. 2011-535 entitled the “Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act” (http://www.ago.state.al.us/File-Immigration-AL-Law-2011-535) requires that, as a condition for the award of a contract to a business entity or employer that employs one or more employees working in Alabama, the business entity or employer provide an affidavit and documentation of enrollment in the Federal E-Verify program. During the performance of the contract, the business entity or employer shall participate in the E-Verify program and shall verify every employee that is required to be verified according to the applicable federal rules and regulations. The attached Affidavit For Business Entity/Employer/Contractor and the entity’s E-Verify Memorandum of Understanding must be included with the bid or contract. If you do not believe these requirements are applicable to your entity, include an explanation justifying such exemption.

An entity can obtain the E-Verify Memorandum of Understanding upon completion in the E-Verify enrollment process located at the federal web site www.uscis.gov/everify or at the Alabama Department of Homeland Security web site http://immigration.alabama.gov. The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has established an E-Verify employer agent account for any business entity or employer with 25 or fewer employees that will provide a participating business entity or employer with the required documentation of enrollment in the E-Verify program.

You may scan and e-email your documents to: immigrations@ALSDE.edu

Family Daycare Homes Has Gone Paperless!

As of October 1st, Family Daycare Homes' sponsors have gone paperless! These sponsors attended annual training,conducted by Mr. Ben Guthrie, where they received instructions for entering their institution, facilites, budget,and management plan applications. Although this was a lengthy and, perhaps exhaustive endeavor,only annual updating will be needed in the future! This online version will make monthly claims and ammendments to applications much easier. Since everything is done electronically, sponsors will be able to see their potential reimbursements instantly! Adding new sponsors will be much easier for the sponsor and the state without an endless paper chain and the cost of mailing. We hope that this new application process will improve documentation and efficiency in Family Daycare Homes. Now that all information has been entered, what do you think?
Do you think that filing monthly claims electronically will be much easier? Let us hear from you!

The National Food Service Management Institute and Team Nutrition have developed an online calculator to be used with the USDA Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG). The interactive and simple to use calculator allows child nutrition professionals to build shopping lists of foods from the FBG and determine how much of each item to purchase to provide enough servings for the children in their program.

You can find the online calculator by visiting: http://fbg.nfsmi.org/.


For more information about the Food Buying Guide or to download your free copy, visit the Team Nutrition Website at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/foodbuyingguide.html.

Provide Free Meals to Hungry Children in Your Community!

We have completed another successful year with our Summer Food Program! As summer, 2011 draws to a close, it is not too early for potential sponsors to think about next summer. The Summer Food Service Program is designed to fill the nutrition gap when school is not is session, making available nutritious meals that children need. Your organization may qualify to serve free meals to children in your community if it is a:

• Public or private nonprofit school
• Unit of local, municipal, county, tribal, or State government
• Private nonprofit organization
• Public or private nonprofit camp
• Public or private nonprofit university or college

Find out more about the program and required training: http://www.summerfood.usda.gov/Sponsor.htm

New Forms

If you are using the new computerized forms for the Child and Adult Child Food Program, let us know how they're working for you! Is there any way that we can be of assistance? Have you found some shortcuts that you think might help someone else? Let us hear from you!

Interactive Website on Fruits and Vegetables

On this website children will learn the value of fruits and vegetables while having loads of fun! This interactive website is certainly a great alternative to television or movies! You assign yourself a screen name and participate in Fun & Games, Activity Pages, and Coloring Sheets. There are kid-friendly recipes too! Watch out - you might get hooked!
http://www.foodchamps.org/

                                     Now it's YOUR turn! 

What tips do you have for other daycare sponsors?  What have you discovered to make nutritious meals easier, more economical, tastier?  What are some products or cooking tips that make healthy meals appealing to children?

Let us hear from you!  This is your blog - your forum for posting ideas, comments, and opinions.  We want to hear it from the experts!