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**Administration for Community Living (ACL)**

**XXXX-**list year in which grant started ex: 2021 **Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services**

**Detailed Agenda Template**

Introductions and Announcements

Please provide any introductions and/or brief announcements for the call. For example, list name and contact information for new staff who are working on the project and will be attending calls, or changes in staff, partners, etc.

Programmatic Updates

**Current Program Activities**

Please provide a summary of work **performed** and compliance with workplan using the chart below. List objectives and key tasks that correspond to each objective from the workplan addressed and that have been worked on since the previous call. Indicate if in compliance with the workplan. If not in compliance with the workplan, explain why. Use the table format below.

**Future Program Activities**

Please provide a summary of work **planned** until our next call and compliance with workplan using the chart below. List objectives and key tasks that correspond to each objective from the workplan that you plan to address in the next reporting period. Indicate if in compliance with the workplan. If not in compliance with the workplan, explain why. Use the table format below.

**Quantitative workplan Summary/Goals and Objectives**

Please list separately each project goal and objectives under each goal from the workplan. Describe status of achieving each goal and objective. Using a percentage, indicate the percent completion towards goal for this reporting period over the life of the grant (e.g., 5%, 25%, 100% etc.). In the notes section, quantify information, as able. Indicate goal counts and completion towards goal counts. Use table format below. 

**Program Challenges**

Please provide a summary of any anticipated or potential challenges that may warrant a change in the workplan using bullet point format below. 

· No potential challenges identified at this time

· Recruiting is going slowly. We are considering pushing back the start date of the nutrition education workshops launch by 6 months, which would mean starting in September rather than March. We plan to have an internal team meeting about this in February to formulate a plan and will be prepared to share an update at our next monthly meeting. 

**Semi Annual Updates Only**

Please only complete this section for monitoring calls only using bullet point format below. 

· Three highlights from the semi-annual report 

· Highlight one

· Highlight two

· Highlight three 

· 1-2 challenges from the semi-annual report 

· Challenge one

· Challenge two

· Sustainability Progress Updates 

· We have created a letter to be shared with our partners that outlines the ways in which they can continue to work with us after the project period has ended (see attached; would like to discuss during our call)

· We created a letter template for the AAAs to utilize for outreach to public officials in order to support continued funding for this project

Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance Requested (Technical Assistance (TA) is assistance from the Nutrition & Aging Resource Center. The Resource Center provides support for programmatic issues and can help answer questions you may have about best practices, research, or challenges in your work. Examples of technical assistance may include online tools, educational materials, webinars, tip sheets, research articles, one-on-one support, networking and peer learning opportunities. As a reminder, please utilize the listserv for any questions you might have to connect with other grantees! They are experts, too, and a valuable resource!). 

Please list any questions and request for technical assistance below. Bullet point format. 

· Who is my Grant Management Specialist? 

· I need assistance with the Payment Management System

· When is the next semiannual report due and what is the period of time it covers? 

· What are approved ACL evaluation measures for food insecurity? 

· Can you please provide recommendations of national conferences to attend to disseminate our findings? 

· Can you please provide us with recommendations regarding recruitment strategies? We are struggling to find a successful pathway. 

· Can you please provide us with ideas regarding hiring of an RD for the project? We have had the job posted to two outlets over the past month and have had no interest. 

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