The CACFP Trainers’ Circle: Coaching and Mentoring Using a Peer-to-Peer Model will feature effective training strategies used by the Kansas State Department of Education and resources from the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN).
The CACFP helps institutions and facilities serve well-balanced, nutritious meals to the participants in their care and this handbook provides details for administering the CACFP.
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) along with other child nutrition programs (CNPs) administered by the USDA Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) make it possible for schools to serve wholesome and appealing meals to students each day.
Attached is updated clarifying guidance for state agencies regarding the 60-day claim submission and 90-day reporting requirements for child nutrition programs which was released on April 25, 2018. This latest version includes edits to align with changes made in the SFSP Simplified Cost Accounting Final Rule published on June 1, 2018.
The CACFP Sponsor and Provider Characteristics Study is focused on the child care component of the CACFP, which provides federal funds for meals and snacks served to children in public or private child care centers, Head Start programs, outside-school-hours care centers, afterschool care programs, emergency shelters, and day care homes. The study also covered centers that participate in the At-Risk Afterschool (At-Risk) component, which provides meals to children and youth through age 18.
An interim final rule published on Nov. 30, 2017 provides child nutrition program operators targeted flexibilities for milk, whole grains, and sodium requirements for school year 2018-2019. This memorandum summarizes the flexibilities that will be effective July 1, 2018.
Through this memorandum, pursuant to the authority of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Act 2010, FNA is continuing the 2017 demonstration project allowing non-congregate feeding at certain outdoor summer meal sites experiencing excessive heat for summer 2018, to develop and test alternative methods of providing access to summer meals for low income children.
The purpose of this memorandum is to highlight state flexibilities and local choices for complying with the five-day reconciliation requirement in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
This memorandum provides guidance to states, local operators, and their software vendors on strategies for leveraging the design flexibilities of online free and reduced price school meal applications to reduce household reporting mistakes and certification errors.