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Standardizing Your Own Recipes

Want to use your grandmother’s secret tuna noodle casserole recipe but don’t know where to start to make it CACFP creditable? Have a great recipe that your children love but need to standardize it for use in your food service program? Learn to identify the basics of recipe standardization for CACFP and help further your success in menu planning.

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More on Meal Patterns

We’re here to clarify your meal pattern questions! We’ll answer commonly asked questions, show how to access training from USDA Team Nutrition, and explore additional resources.

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Creating Meaningful Vendor Relationships

Establishing a positive vendor relationship can solve many challenges. Explore what it means to be a good customer and how to manage a positive relationship with your vendor or supplier, creating an overall better nutrition program

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Completing Claims Like Clockwork

Learn the CACFP best practices for the submission of accurate claims for the reimbursements of meals. Identify management practices that adversely impact claims and help ensure that providers are getting reimbursed for the meals that they are serving

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Avoid Costly Mistakes in the CACFP

Monitoring, eligibility, and claims can be overwhelming which can lead to costly mistakes. Identify the most commonly made errors and learn effective ways to avoid making these mistakes in your program. 

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Seizing Opportunities in Statewide Systems Building

Knowing how to seize opportunities helps build and sustain successful statewide early care and education systems. Embedding health, nutrition and physical activity strategies into existing and emerging programs strengthens each agency. Discover how various agencies within a state can work together to provide clarity and support for providers.

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