FNS Documents & Resources

This webinar discusses recent updates and provides guidance on the USDA Department of Defense (DoD) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Topics covered include: program allocations, adding new schools to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Order Receipt System (FFAVORS), receipting orders in FFAVORS, and managing school food authority (SFA) expectations. This webinar is intended for FNS regional office and state distributing agency staff who manage USDA Foods in Schools programs.

This video is from Lesson 2 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit. It helps child care providers learn to identify and respond to a baby’s hunger and fullness signs.

This video is from Lesson 3 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit  It contains suggestions for creating a breastfeeding-friendly environment, best practices parents can follow for labeling and transporting breastmilk to a child care site, and it introduces the Breastfed Babies Welcome Here! A Mother’s Guide as a resource for breastfeeding mothers.

This video is from Lesson 4 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit. It describes best practices for handling and storing breastmilk and infant formula at a child care site.

This video is from Lesson 7 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit. It helps child care providers know when a baby is developmentally ready for solid foods.

The CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays webinar series is a set of interactive, skills-building webinars that focus on hot topics related to the updated Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal patterns. This webinar will focus on creative and appealing ways to offer vegetables at meals and snacks in the CACFP.