Posts Tagged ‘cacfp’
Best Practices to Improve Nutrition
March is a month to celebrate nutrition and wellness. It is also a time to educate and bring awareness to the CACFP. This Mealtime Memo from our partners at the Institute of Child Nutrition provides the USDA optional best practices you can use to strengthen the nutritional quality of meals served.
Read MoreSponsor Spotlight: Alix Pasillas of Food For Kids, Inc.
Alix Pasillas is the Executive Director of Food For Kids, Inc. which sponsors 137 child care centers, family child care homes, and adult care centers across Nevada. Learn why Alix thinks Food For Kids is a successful sponsor.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Disability-Accommodated Food from Home
If a parent of a child with a disability provides all food components for a meal, can the provider be reimbursed for the meal?
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Read MoreFamily Style Meal Service with Children in the CACFPÂ
USDA Team Nutrition recently announced their new Family Style Meal Service with Children in the Child and Adult Care Food Program resources. This new suite of resources includes training materials, social media graphics, classroom posters, and original photos.
Read MoreNational CACFP Sponsors Association Joins the Conversation at the Food is Medicine SummitÂ
On January 31st, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted their first ever inaugural Food is Medicine Summit. Over 400 health leaders joined the summit in Washington, D.C., including President and CEO of the National CACFP Sponsors Association (NCA), Lisa Mack.
Read MoreSponsor Spotlight: Blake Stanford of Southwest Human Development Services
Blake Stanford is the President of Southwest Human Development Services which serves over 850 family child care homes across Texas. Learn why Blake thinks Southwest Human Development Services is a successful sponsor.
Read MoreState Agency Review RequirementsÂ
USDA released a memo that provides additional information regarding the provisions related to the frequency and number of reviews for State Agencies monitoring the CACFP.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Tomato-Based Pizza Sauce
Can you credit tomato-based pizza sauce as a vegetable component?
Read MoreCelebrate Leap Day!
Leap Day is coming up on February 29. What is a leap year and how can you celebrate it with the children in your care?
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