2022 NCNC
Steps to Success Sponsoring Centers
If you’re a new sponsor of centers or are thinking of starting the center journey, come learn the steps you’ll need to successfully start your centers and get them on their way to claiming. From initial contact, to establishing procedures, to training and to maintaining success on the program.
Read MoreHealthy Beginnings Create Healthy Futures: Equity in ECE Programs
Child care professionals have a powerful opportunity to create learning environments that provide children with a healthy start in life. Dive into health equity and learn the key practices to encourage optimal physical health and wellness. Create a plan on how you can support healthy growth and development for children.
Read MoreGoing Digital Painlessly: Making Your Work Life Easier
Digitizing an office may seem like a daunting task, but as the recent pandemic has shown all of us, it’s becoming more needed and even necessary. Learn how to set up digital files to make audits, reviews, accounting and provider interactions smoother and easier.
Read MoreDeveloping a CACFP Budget
Now that you know the basics of how to develop an administrative budget, this session will dive into details and best practices about how to tailor a budget to your CACFP operation.
Read MoreCACFP Administrative Budgets
Learn tips and best practices on the preparation of an acceptable administrative budget. Topics will include the importance of strategic planning, using historical financial information to develop the budget, determining what expenses are allowable/ unallowable, identifying staffing requirements, how excess administrative funds affect the budget and updating the budget throughout the year.
Read MoreCrediting Basics and Beyond: An In-Depth Look at the Crediting Handbook for the CACFP
Join the USDA for this interactive session on the new Crediting Handbook for CACFP. We will review the ins and outs of each of the five required meal components, discuss both creditable and non-creditable food items, and engage the audience in hands-on crediting exercises. You won’t want to miss it!
Read MoreCACFP Menu Planning 101
Discover how to use Team Nutrition and Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) resources to understand and apply CACFP meal pattern requirements, identify creditable foods, and plan cycle menus. Attendees will learn how to incorporate menu planning principles such as balance, variety, contrast, color, and appearance when creating nutritious and appealing menus for CACFP meals and snacks.
Read MoreSponsoring Summer Food: Keys to Financial Management
You’re already working the food program and are ready to expand to summer feeding. Hear about best practices to ensure proper internal controls for successful financial management and mitigate high risk program areas.
Read MoreLeveraging Lessons Learned to Improve Your Summer Food
The past two years have presented both challenges and opportunities for the Summer Food Service Program. Hear from summer food operators on how they plan to leverage lessons learned and answer your questions.
Read MoreInnovate SFSP with Super Fun Events and Creative Promotions
How do you create awareness for SFSP? Let’s explore the benefits of super fun events, mascot programs, inviting email campaigns, sustainable social media and more. Learn how to plan memorable events and celebrations, engage community stakeholders, customize meal sponsor promotions and how to find grant support to pay for it all.
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