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.
We are committed to providing opportunities to the families we serve, ensuring that with the program benefits we deliver, we also inspire hope.
These documents are samples of action plans submitted by prior grantees.
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!
These worksheets can be used to empower CACFP providers and operators with the knowledge, skills, and expertise to implement CACFP infant meal pattern requirements.
Developed as a collaboration between Team Nutrition, WIC, SNAP-Ed and the Office of Food Safety, this colorful four-page resource provides tips on how parents, caregivers, and others can prepare foods to reduce the risk of choking in young children.