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Welcome to the CACFP Meal Pattern Implementation Library

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Welcome to the CACFP Meal Pattern Implementation Library. No membership required. 

​The Child Care Food Program Roundtable has created a CACFP New Meal Pattern Implementation Library for your use. This library includes CACFP Sponsors, State Agency, Partners and USDA Agency New CACFP Meal Pattern materials, trainings, ideas and tools being used for implementation of the New CACFP Meal Patterns.

​​If there are any materials developed by your organization or others to share, please email them to the Roundtable and we will upload them to the library. 

USDA released final rule on the CACFP Meal Patterns: April 25, 2016 with an Implementation Date: October 1, 2017. Find the USDA Meal Pattern Summaries and Charts here. 

A Helpful Guide to Meeting the Whole-Grain
​Meal Pattern Requirement

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These ready-to-go presentation slides may be used by State agencies, sponsoring organizations, and others to train providers, operators, and menu planners on the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal patterns. Presentations are designed for interactive 30-minute trainings. The following presentations are available in both English and Spanish:
  • Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars
  • Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars
  • Serving Milk in the CACFP
  • Meal Planning for the CACFP
  • Serving Meat and Meat Alternates at Breakfast
  • Offer Versus Serve in the CACFP
  • Methods for Healthy Cooking
  • Adding Whole Grains to Your CACFP Menu
  • Feeding Infants: 0-5 months
  • How to Support Breastfeeding in the CACFP
  • Feeding Infants: Starting with Solids
View the Slides

​Milk...Part of a Healthy Eating Pattern (English and Spanish)

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​Adding Whole Grains to Your Child and Adult Care Food Program Menu Training Worksheet (English and Spanish)

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To watch the recording of the CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays training webinar on this topic, please visit:https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/cacfp-halftime-adding-whole-grains-your-menu.

CACFP Meal Pattern Implementation Menu

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CACFP Meal Pattern Materials in Chinese
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CACFP New Meal Pattern Resources

State Agency New Meal Pattern Page
Arizona
California CDE NSD and the Admin Manual Updated
Colorado
Connecticut
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Maine
Minnesota
Missouri
North Carolina
South Dakota
Texas 
Washington
Washington D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin DPI
sponsors New Meal Pattern Web Page
Association for Child Development, Michigan and Illinois
Alpha & Omega Nutrition Program, Tenneesee
Catholic Charities, Maine
Child Care Resources Center,  Ohio
Child Care Council, New York
Child Care Connections, Montana
Child Development Associates San Diego, California
Contra  Costa Child Care Council CACFP, California
Options for Learning, California
​Providers Choice, Minnesota
CACFP Partners 
​Nemours
Institute of Child Nutrition
Healthier Generation
USDA
Nutrition Standards
Team Nutrition Training Tools
Policy Memos
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  • Crediting Grains Using Ounce Equivalencies for the School Nutrition Program the Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • ​Feeding Infants and Meal Pattern Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers​
  • Grain Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers
  • Documenting Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • Grain-Based Desserts in the Child and Adult Care Food ProgramCrediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products in the School Meal Programs and the CACFP
  • Feeding Infants and Meal Pattern Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers
  • Vegetable and Fruit Requirements in CACFP: Q&As
  • ​Questions and Answers on the Updated Meal Pattern Requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • Other Guidance: Early Implementation (SP 42-2016, CACFP 14-2016) • Optional Best Practices (CACFP 15-2016) • Milk Requirements (CACFP 17-2016) • Water Requirements (CACFP 20-2016) • Tofu and Soy Products (SP 53-2016, CACFP 21-2016) • Infant Meals (CACFP 06-2017) • Revised Vegetables and Fruit (CACFP 23-2016) • Grains Requirement (CACFP 02-2017) Taking Food Components Off-site in At-Risk Afterschool Meals (CACFP 22-2016) • Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals (CACFP 05-2017) • The Use of Share Tables (SP41 CACFP13 SFSP15- 2016) 
New Meal Pattern Facebook Page Posts 
FACEBOOK General Meal Pattern Search
Library Contributors
Association for Child Development, Amanda Gallaher
Kinder Care Education Team, Jodi Kuhn
Child Development Institute, Genevieve Pyeatt
​Choices for Children, Carol J.Thomas
CoCoKids, Catherine Stafford
Child Care Resource Center, Terri Sluss Cole
Child Care Food Program Roundtable, Advisory Committee
Midwest Child Care Association, Janet Phelan
​National CACFP Forum, Susana Reza, President
National Alliance for Drinking Water, Christina Hecht
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Providers Choice, Kate Abernathy MS, RD, LD
​T&L Foundation for Child Care Information, Samantha Marshall


CACFP Meal Pattern News to Use

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Up to date news on the implementation of the CACFP Meal Patterns.

04/14/18 Grains Requirement Q and A Update


02/12/12 USDA Team Nutrition releases more training tools for CACFP

10/19/2017 CACFP02-2018 Feeding Infants and Meal Pattern Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers

10/19/2017 CACFP01-2018 Grain Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers

October 10, 2017- USDA Team Nutrition announces CACFP Webinars

August 11, 2017 New! USDA Serve Tasty and Healthy Foods in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Sample Meals for Children Ages 1-5 6-12 and 13-18 and Adults Posters

June 30, 2017_Documenting Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Memo Code: CACFP17-2017


June 30, 2017_Grain Based Desserts (Sweet Crackers, Graham)
Memo Code: CACFP16-2017

June 14, 2017_New! CACFP Meal Pattern Training Tools in Spanish from USDA

May 10, 2017_ CACFP Meal Pattern Transition Time Announced by USDA

Child Care Info told us that Nemours put a list of states with training in person and online....

Questions and Answers - USDA  MEMO Code: CACFP 08-2017   


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Current CACFP Meal Patterns (In effect through September 30, 2017) CACFP centers and day care homes may continue to comply with the current meal standards as they transition to the updated meal standards. However, all aspects of meals served through the CACFP must meet the  updated standards no later than October 1, 2017. More 
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