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Resource | Webinars/Videos Choose the Right Type of Milk to Serve Children in the CACFP

This video shows how CACFP operators can find ways to introduce different types of milks to toddlers.

12/17/2020
Resource | Webinars/Videos Encourage Children to Try New Foods

This video shows how CACFP operators can spark children’s interest in new foods.

12/17/2020
Resource | Training and Outreach Assist Children in Learning How to Feed Themselves

This video shows how CACFP operators can help toddlers develop self-feeding skills and healthy eating patterns. 

12/17/2020
Resource | Policy Memos CN - SFSP Monitoring Waiver

Due to the exceptional circumstances of this public health emergency, USDA is establishing a nationwide waiver to support access to nutritious meals while minimizing potential exposure to the novel coronavirus. This waiver applies to the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.

12/09/2020
Resource | Policy Implementation of WIC and WIC FMNP Waiver Extension Provisions in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act

This policy memorandum provides further guidance on the WIC programmatic waivers as authorized under the Continuing Appropriations Act 2021 and Other Extensions Act in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

12/03/2020
Resource | Research and Data | SNAP Benefit Use Benefit Redemption Patterns in SNAP - FY 2017

This report examines patterns of SNAP benefit redemption in fiscal year 2017 and compares those patterns with findings from two similar studies conducted for fiscal years 2003 and 2009.

11/10/2020
Resource | Policy Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension 5

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.

10/09/2020
Resource | Training and Outreach CACFP Recipes for Child Care Homes and Adult Day Care

CACFP Recipes for Child Care Homes and Adult Day Care.

09/14/2020
Resource | Technical Assistance CACFP Trainer's Tool: Serving Milk

Team Nutrition CACFP Organizations can request printed copies of CACFP Trainer’s Tool: Serving Milk. Quantities are limited and available while supplies last.

09/11/2020
Resource | Policy Memos Waiver of 60-Day Reporting Requirements

FNS is granting a nationwide waiver of the 60-day reporting requirements to help minimize potential exposure to the novel coronavirus. This waiver applies to the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, Child and Adult Food Care Program and Summer Food Service Program.

06/04/2020
Page updated: October 14, 2021