This video shows how CACFP operators can find ways to introduce different types of milks to toddlers.
This video shows how CACFP operators can spark children’s interest in new foods.
This video shows how CACFP operators can help toddlers develop self-feeding skills and healthy eating patterns.
This rulemaking proposes to codify three menu planning flexibilities established by the interim final rule titled, Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements published Nov. 30, 2017, and made permanent with some modifications by a final rule of the same title published Dec. 12, 2018, hereafter referred to as the 2018 Final Rule. An April 2020 court decision vacated and remanded the 2018 Final Rule.
FNS issued eight child nutrition programs off-site monitoring fact sheets to assist states and sponsors in conducting off-site monitoring of child nutrition programs during the pandemic. These documents include a fact sheet that has background information on all programs, as well as separate facts sheets for state and local operators for each program.
FNS waives, for all states, the requirements to serve meals that meet the meal pattern requirements during school year 2020-21. This waiver revises the Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension #4 granted on June 25, 2020, for all programs except the Summer Food Service Program. This waiver applies to state agencies administering, and local organizations operating, the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program.
CACFP is a federally funded, state-administered program that provides aid to child and adult care centers and day care homes to serve nutritious foods that contribute to the health and wellness of young children and older and chronically impaired adults. Find out more about the adult care component of CACFP and see if your organization can participate!
Team Nutrition CACFP Organizations can request printed copies of CACFP Trainer’s Tool: Serving Milk. Quantities are limited and available while supplies last.
La Herramienta para el instructor del Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP, por sus siglas en inglés): Servir Leche es un juego interactivo de estilo bingo para reforzar el conocimiento de los operadores del CACFP acerca de los requisitos de los patrones de comidas relacionados con la leche. Este recurso se puede usar en capacitaciones presenciales o virtuales.
FNS is codifying a revised statutory requirement included in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The 2018 Farm Bill at section 4003 requires FDPIR administrative funds to remain available for obligation at the Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) and state agency level for a period of two federal fiscal years. This provision was self-executing and went into effect upon enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill in federal fiscal year 2019.