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Join the USDA Team Nutrition for training webinars on hot topics related to the CACFP Meal Pattern requirements. All of these trainings count toward Specialty 1 or 2 for the CACFP Certification Program education requirements.

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Feeding Infants: Starting with Solids (Alimentación para bebés: comenzando con comidas sólidas)

September 20, 2018

This webinar focuses on how the CACFP infant meal pattern supports infant growth and development for babies ages 6 through 11 months. The webinar includes information on developmental readiness and feeding infants solid foods in the CACFP.

Este seminario web se enfoca en cómo el patrón de comidas para bebés del CACFP apoya el crecimiento y desarrollo de bebés de 6 a 11 meses. El seminario incluye información sobre cómo saber si un bebé está listo en su desarrollo para comer sólidos y acerca de alimentos sólidos en el CACFP.

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How to Support Breastfeeding in the CACFP

August 16, 2018

This webinar focuses on how child care centers and family child care homes that participate in the CACFP can support breastfeeding.

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Feeding Infants: 0-5 Months

July 19, 2018

This webinar focuses on how the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) infant meal pattern supports infant growth and development for babies ages birth through 5 months.

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Adding Whole Grains to Your Menu

June 21, 2018

This webinar focuses on how to offer whole grains at CACFP sites.

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Methods for Healthy Cooking

May 17, 2018

This webinar focuses on cooking nutritious meals and snacks in the CACFP, using methods such as roasting, baking, steaming, sautéing, stir-frying, grilling and more.

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Serving Meat & Meat Alternates at Breakfast

March 15, 2018

This webinar focuses on the option to serve meat and meat alternates in place of grains at breakfast up to three times per week for those following CACFP and preschool meal patterns.

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Menu Planning for the CACFP

February 15, 2018

This webinar focuses on different meal planning techniques that can be used to serve healthy and appealing meals and snacks that meet CACFP and Preschool meal pattern requirements.

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Serving Milk in the CACFP

January 18, 2018

This webinar walks the audience through Team Nutrition’s “Serving Milk in the CACFP” training worksheet and lets audience select milk for various age groups to meet meal pattern requirements.

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