Child Nutrition Virtual Summit
The CACFP Virtual Summit has been held every August since 2020. You can now earn Continuing Education Units by watching sessions on demand!
CEUs marked with a $ are paid webinars and pricing can be found on the respective item's page.
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Facilitating Compliance in Your At-Risk Afterschool Program ($)
Learn how to use Adult Learning theory techniques to capture the attention of your program site supervisors to highlight the most frequent compliance issues during training. Take home an audit calendar to prepare for your state review, sample Performance Improvement Plans, standard compliance operating procedures, and other tools to continue to serve your sites year after year.
Watch On DemandLearning opportunities abound at meal times in Head Start sites. Help your staff or team understand the performance regulations for family style meal service and how they can incorporate Math, Science, Language and Literacy into their meal times.
Watch On DemandFeeding Infants: What, When and How ($)
Infancy is a critical period when children develop taste preferences and habits that last a lifetime. What, when and how we feed babies can impact their overall development and relationship with food. We will cover CACFP meal patterns for infants, infant feeding best practices and provide healthy, inexpensive ideas for planning your infant meals.
Watch On DemandFinding the Leader in You ($)
Are you ready to become a successful leader? Explore key concepts and strategies to develop leadership skills and qualities within yourself. Identify and recognize your personal leadership strengths and areas for growth to unlock your full potential.
Watch On DemandFlawless Audits: Managing Your CACFP Sponsorship ($)
Are you a multi-program or multi-state sponsor? You’ll need strong organization, clear cost allocation, and excellence in monitoring to be prepared for your state audit. Learn how to operate so State Agencies find it a breeze to perform your Management Evaluations.
Watch On DemandGrant Writing 101 ($)
New to grant writing? Learn how to read and respond to a Request for Proposal when applying for a grant. Get tips on how to write a statement of need, outline measurable objectives and evaluation measures, put together budget justifications.
Watch On DemandGreat Grains! Taking the Guess Work Out of What’s Creditable ($)
Serving whole grain-rich grains once per day, when grains are served, in ounce equivalents is a requirement in the CACFP. Explore various types of whole grains like amaranth, sorghum, and millet to expand your menu planning options. Learn how to determine ounce equivalency, how to identify whole grains, how to modify meals using these great grains, and how to prepare these for CACFP creditable recipes.
Watch On DemandHarvest Celebration: Menu Planning with Cycle Menus ($)
Celebrate the harvest by including seasonal produce harvested from your garden, purchased from the local farmers market, or grocery store into your cycle menu! Learn the basics of developing a cycle menu and how to incorporate seasonal foods in the menu planning process.
Watch On DemandHealthy Eating from Head to Toe ($)
Discover foods that benefit and impact different parts of the human body with new ways and ideas to serve these foods in Child Nutrition Programs. Review and discuss CACFP nutrition program updates including tools to calculate ounce equivalents. Leave with resources to train this workshop to program participants.
Watch On DemandImpacts of Sodium: Shaping Healthy Food Preferences ($)
Sodium is an essential mineral that plays important roles in our bodies. However, we may be consuming too much, resulting in increasing health risks like high blood pressure. Learn about the impacts of sodium and how to shape healthy habit choices early by knowing how to identify amounts of sodium on Nutrition Fact Labels and how to modify meals to reduce salt usage while still retaining all the flavor from our favorite recipes.
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