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Lisa Mack Presented with Service Award at National Conference
Lisa Mack was surprised with an award for her decade of dedicated service as the Executive Director of the NCA at the National Child Nutrition Conference.
Read More5 Ways to Level Up with the CACFP Nutrition Calendar
How many pages came in your 2022 wall calendar? We’re guessing it was close to 12. The CACFP Nutrition Calendar and Training Program includes 56 pages quality, trusted content that’s meant to help aid develop your CACFP programming. We’ve got five reasons this is a can’t miss tool in your child nutrition toolbox.
Read MoreOur 2022 National Child Nutrition Conference Top 8
It was an incredible week of a-ha moments, laughs and tears. Here are our top eight, but we could list eight hundred if asked.
Read MoreHigh-Quality Snack Planner Released from Team Nutrition
Team Nutrition released the Let’s Make a Snack! CACFP Snack Menu Planner for Children 3 Through 18 Years of Age. This menu planner will help child care center and family child care operators understand CACFP meal pattern requirements and serve high-quality snacks. It includes sample menus, checklists, menu planning activities, and 20 new snack recipes.
Read MoreNew Spanish Language Resources from USDA
As part of National Nutrition Month® has released many professional and consumer resources for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 in Spanish.
Read MoreUSDA Seeks Public Comment on Questions for Future Dietary Guidelines
As the first step in the development process of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, the USDA is releasing proposed scientific questions for public comment.
Read More2022 NCNC USDA Policy Update
During the 2022 Child and Nutrition Conference, the USDA held a policy update session.
Read MoreGet Inspired: CACFP Inspire Award Winners Named
The NCA named winners in the CACFP Inspire Awards which celebrate the incredible individuals and organizations who reimagined and executed the CACFP during the pandemic, especially those who overcame public health challenges and went above and beyond expectations to continue to provide for the children and adults they serve.
Read MoreCindy Long Named Friend of CACFP
Cindy Long, USDA Food and Nutrition Services Administrator, will be presented with the Friend of CACFP award at the 2022 NCNC.
Read MoreRebekah Dawson of FTGC Named CACFP Inspire Community Award Winner
Rebekah Dawson and her staff at Feeding the Gulf Coast worked tirelessly to continue to provide kids with the meals they need to be successful and to grow their partner sites with more funding and food access.
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