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2022 National Child Nutrition Conference

April 18-22 2022 | New Orleans, Louisiana

CACFP · Afterschool Meals · Summer Food

Nutrition Track | CEU Specialty 1

Culturally Receptive Meals

News flash! One of our little ones may be a new arrival from Afghanistan or a returnee in their second year with us whose parent(s) hail from Guatemala. Move over Sloppy Joe and Frittata, we want Lavash and Rellenitos too. What better way could there be to learn about other cultures than with food?

Presented by

Kent Williamson Web

Kent K. Williamson

Food Service/CACFP Contract Manager, Children's Aid New York City

Speaker at Business convention and Presentation. Audience at the conference hall.
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Cutting Through Carbohydrate Confusion

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Dishing Up Local Foods with Farm to CACFP

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Managing Food Allergies in Child Care Centers

Mindful Eating

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On-Trend CACFP Recipes

Passport to Latino Traditions and Culture Impacting Food Choices in America

Smart & Creditable Snacks

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The CICN Presents an Exploration of Flavor

A Chef’s Impact on CACFP

CACFP and Head Start Food Service Regulations

Connecting Meal Times to Learning Outcomes Framework

Nutritious Ideas for Head Start

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Leveraging Lessons Learned to Improve Your Afterschool Meals

Navigating At-Risk Afterschool Programs

Partnering with Community Nonprofits to Expand ARAs and SFSP

Solutions & Strategies for Evolving At-Risk Out of School Time Meal Programs

Supper’s Ready: Transitioning from Snacks to Supper

Creating a Mobile Summer Meals & Community Food Access Operation

From Hot to Cold: Create an Award-Winning SFSP Cold Lunch Menu

Innovate SFSP with Super Fun Events and Creative Promotions

Leveraging Lessons Learned to Improve Your Summer Food

Sponsoring Summer Food: Keys to Financial Management

Summer Meals: Outreach and Promotion During the Pandemic

CACFP in Emergency Housing Shelters

CACFP Menu Planning 101

Crediting Basics and Beyond: An In-Depth Look at the Crediting Handbook for the CACFP

Going Digital Painlessly: Making Your Work Life Easier

Healthy Beginnings Create Healthy Futures: Equity in ECE Programs

Leveraging Free Technology for CACFP

More on Meal Patterns

Nuts and Bolts of Meal Planning for Child Care Centers

Serious Deficiency Process

Steps to Success Sponsoring Centers

CACFP Training Program & Nutrition Calendar

Insight into CACFP Providers’ Purchasing Behavior

Menu Planning Made Easy: Health-e Pro Software Demonstration

Taking the Paper Out of CACFP Paperwork

Developmentally Appropriate Practices and Diversity in Early Education

Healthy Habits to Improve Your Life

Nonprofit Board Recruitment and Development

Policies and Procedures for CACFP Success

Professional Networking: Strategies and Tips

Run Your Race: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself

CACFP Administrative Budgets

Developing a CACFP Budget

Flawless Audits for Multi-Program and Multi-State Sponsors

Grant Writing 101

Investigating Fraud, Waste & Abuse in Federally Funded Programs

Creating a Successful At-Risk Afterschool Meal Program

Healthier CACFP Gold Award: Promoting Best Practices

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In Their Words: How Meal Providers Survived and Thrived

Iteration, Innovation and Collaboration: Child Nutrition and Community Wellness Hubs

Lessons Learned: Partnerships to Address Food Insecurity

Lessons Learned: Serving 5.5 Million Meals in a Pandemic

Multi-Sector Collaboration to Achieve Nutrition Equality

Share Successes: Happily Healthy Meal Kits

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Creative Solutions to Provide Nutrition Education During a Pandemic

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iTrain, You Train: Tools and Strategies for Training Your CACFP Staff

Start Strong: A Cooking Curriculum for Family Child Care Providers

Accommodating Participants with Disabilities in Community Meals

Advancing Health Equity in Child Nutrition

Awareness, Connectedness and Action: Equity and Anti-Racism

Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Civil Rights 101: Compliance with Civil Rights Requirements

Civil Rights Compliance and Special Diets in the CACFP

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Food & Health Equity: What Role Can I Play?

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Nutrition Education with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

Perspectives on Promoting Access to the CACFP

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Sesame Street in Communities’ Resources for Health Emergencies

Sowing a Brighter Future for Louisiana

Strategies to Increase CACFP Participation

Straw Bales: A New Way to Garden

The Recipe for Healthy Emotions and Eating

Arts Integration and the Health of the Whole Child

Offering Comfort, Resilience and Hope During Challenging Times

Operational Strategies for Afterschool Meals and Summer Food Service

USDA CACFP Policy Update

USDA SFSP Policy Update

Wellness Journeys & Personal Triumphs

CACFP 100

CACFP 201

CACFP 301

CACFP 401

CACFP 501

CACFP-101

SFSP 100

State Agency

Summer Food Service Program

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PARTNERS

SPONSORS

EXHIBITORS

SILVER LEVEL

Brighton Training Group

Dole Packaged Foods

E S Foods

General Mills

JA Foodservice

MH Miles Company, CPA, PC

Optimum Foods

BRONZE LEVEL

Amazing Fruit Products

Butter Buds Inc.

CenterPilot

Champion Foodservice

ChildWatch

Darlington Snacks

Diversified Foods Inc.

Ekon-O-Pac

Focus Foods

Food for Good

Food & Supply Source

FresHealth, exclusively provided by DNO Produce

Fresh Start Healthy Meals

Gerber Products Company

Health-E Pro

Healthy Blue LA

J&J Snack Foods

KidKare by Minute Menu

Los Cabos Mexican Foods

Myers and Stauffer

National Enrichment Group

Novick Childcare Solutions

PrimeroEdge

Ripple Foods

Tasty Brands, LLC

We Inspire Smart Eating (WISE)

Wonderschool

NONPROFIT LEVEL

The Bean Institute

Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI)

Choice Partners

The Healthy School Food Collaborative

Institute of Child Nutrition

Mushroom Council

No Kid Hungry

Penn State Extension Better Kid Care Program