2025 NCNC
Show Me the Money: Getting Through the Budget Approvals Process
Join us for a 101-level overview of the generally accepted source documentation to support allowable costs for CACFP operations. Training will include group activities, discussion on proposed program costs that are often questioned, and tools to assist with avoiding common budget submission mistakes.
Read MoreTailoring CACFP Meals: The Role of Medical Statements in Special Diets
Medical statements have an important role within the CACFP. Do you know when they are required? Are you confident in your menu planning when you have one on file? Gain a deeper understanding of how medical statements support accommodating special diets, including food allergies and milk substitutions, ensuring that all participants receive appropriate and nutritious meals. Learn how to create an inclusive and supportive meal environment for those in your care.
Read MoreWork-Life Imbalance: Supporting the “New Norm” in the Workplace
What is mental health and how can we combat stress and anxiety in our daily lives to create a healthy lifestyle at home and the workplace? How does your health affect your professionalism? With the right information, you can have a proper work-life balance. Get self-care tips and resources for when you need to talk about it.
Read MoreWho Is Your Best Self? Understand Yourself to Understand Others
You need to know your own learning preferences and your management and communication style before you can recognize those characteristics in your staff. Take a quick self-assessment and plan to reflect together how to use them so you can better hire new employees and retain raving fans on your staff.
Read MoreWhen Tough Isn’t Enough, Build Mental Strength
In today’s fast-paced world, women are under immense pressure to excel in every aspect of life. Delve into the unique stressors women face and the necessity of building mental strength to shape their resilience and emotions into extraordinary personal power. Learn how to use emotions, hormones, or anxiety to your advantage to keep stress low and clear thinking high.
Read MoreTeaming Up for Greater Impact: Creating Collaborative Partnerships
Do you have difficulty evaluating and establishing potential collaborative partnerships in your community? Discover the characteristics of communal relationship types to build a matrix plan. Then, learn how to apply strategies to plan for and implement collaborative engagement with community partners.
Read MoreSell Them Your Dream: Getting Buy-In From Your Team
Are you struggling to articulate your vision to your team? Explore ideas, experiences, and incentives that could work to help promote buy-in from your staff.
Read MoreLeadership Essentials for CACFP Professionals
Discover key leadership strategies to enhance program effectiveness and foster team collaboration. Perfect for professionals looking to elevate their leadership skills within their CACFP organization.
Read MoreResilience: The Key to Overcoming Challenges
Resilience: The ability to bounce back. It’s what enables students to come out of challenging experiences with a positive attitude about themselves and their futures. After 18 years in foster care and watching his daughter battle brain cancer, hear how Dee turned those unexpected events into incredible life lessons.
Read MoreHealthy Staff, Healthy Kids: Cultivating Wellness for Your Teams
The work of child nutrition professionals is important, nurturing, and fulfilling even while it is equally demanding and challenging. Investing in the well-being of meal service staff can lead to healthier, happier team members, and ultimately, healthier children. Explore the vital role of staff wellness in enhancing the effectiveness of nutrition programs.
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