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Resource | Training and Outreach Serious Deficiency in the Child and Adult Care Food Program

This training supports USDA Secretary Rollins’ commitment to clarify statutory, regulatory, and administrative requirements and take swift action to minimize instances of fraud, waste, and program abuse.

01/23/2026
Resource | Training and Outreach RFI Webinar: Grain-Based Desserts and High-Protein Yogurt Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs

This webinar provides an overview of the Request for Information: Grain-Based Desserts and High-Protein Yogurt Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs. This webinar recording is captioned in English.

01/28/2025
Resource | Training and Outreach Request for Information Webinar: Child Nutrition Programs Tribal Pilot Projects

This webinar provides an overview of the Tribal Pilot Projects Request for Information. This webinar recording is captioned in English.

01/28/2025
Resource | Policy Feeding Infants and Meal Pattern Requirements in CACFP - Q&As

This memorandum provides updated guidance on feeding infants and the infant meal pattern requirements. 

12/20/2024
Resource | Policy Grain Requirements in the CACFP: Questions and Answers

This memorandum explains the grain requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program and includes questions and answers. This memorandum supersedes CACFP 09-2018, Grain Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers, published April 4, 2018.

12/19/2024
Resource | Policy Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Substitutions in the CACFP, Questions and Answers

This memorandum details the nutrition requirements for fluid milk and fluid milk substitutes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and includes a series of frequently asked questions and answers. This memorandum supersedes CACFP 17-2016, Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Questions and Answers, July 14, 2016. 

10/28/2024
Resource | Policy Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in CACFP

The purpose of this memorandum is to outline the use of Offer Versus Serve in the adult day care and at-risk afterschool settings, as well as the use of family style meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. 

10/28/2024
Basic page FY 2024 Team Nutrition Training Grants for Meal Pattern Modernization and Retention and Mentorship Opportunities

Grant recipients just announced! Over $8.6 million awarded to eleven state agencies. 

09/17/2024
Resource | Policy Q&As Related to CACFP 11-2021, SFSP 07-2021 Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data by Visual Observation and Identification in the CACFP and SFSP – Policy Rescission – Set 2

This guidance is intended to assist state agencies and program operators of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program in meeting the longstanding federal requirement to collect race and ethnicity data of program participants.

08/28/2024
Resource | Webinars/Videos Financial Review Requirements in the CACFP

This webinar provides state agencies with guidance for implementing the financial review requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program that were codified through the Child Nutrition Program Integrity final rule. 

07/15/2024
Page updated: October 14, 2021