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April 22-26, 2024

Orlando, Florida

CACFP · Afterschool Meals · Summer Food

Policy & Advocacy Track | CEU Specialty 7 | Intermediate

State Childcare Licensing: Tools to Support Physical Activity

Do you know where your state stands on obesity prevention policies in early care and education? Achieving a State of Healthy Weight (ASHW) examines the strength of obesity prevention rules in national childcare licensing. Learn about ASHW and its focus on policy and practice improvements for policymakers and ECE stakeholders to support national nutrition standards.

  1. Learn how state regulations support obesity prevention in licensed ECE programs.
  2. Identify state successes and opportunities for improvement.
  3. Get strategies and resources that can strengthen obesity prevention policies.

Presented by

Alison Pilsner Web

Alison M. Pilsner, MPH, BSN, RN, CPH, IBCLC

Instructor of Research; University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus, College of Nursing

Nicole Patterson Web

Nicole Patterson, MSACN, NDTR

Research Services Senior Professional; University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus, College of Nursing

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Addressing Feeding Concerns & Nutrition Therapy

CACFP Meal Pattern Jeopardy

Celebrating Diverse Food Traditions in Child Care

Childhood Obesity Prevention & Early Nutrition Education

Cultural Responsiveness: Exploring Religion, Heritage and Halal

Decoding Food Labels

Discovering STEM in the Kitchen

Fuel Your Mind & Body: Menu Planning, Nutrition & Activities

Learning to Love Veggie-Inspired Meals and Snacks

Limiting Added Sugars in the CACFP

Making Healthy Eating Fun

Managing Food Allergies in the CACFP

Motivating Children to Eat Healthy Foods

Navigating Special Diets

Preventing Food Allergies: Introducing the Top 9

Promoting Responsive Feeding Practices in Early Childhood Settings

Beginners’ Guide to Crediting Recipes

Beyond Beginners: Next Level Menu Planning

Crediting Basics and Beyond in the CACFP

Empowering Operators: USDA Team Nutrition Resources

Get the Facts! CN Labels and Product Formulation Statements (PFS)

Identifying Whole Grain-Rich

Menu Planning 101: A Guide to Mealtime Success

Ounce Equivalents Made Easy with the Exhibit A Grains Tool

Quizapalooza: Are You a Meal Pattern Super Star?

Snack Attack: Elevate Your Snack Game

CACFP and Head Start Food Service Regulations

Conducting Monitoring in the CACFP for Head Start

Connecting Nutrition with Family Engagement

Emergency Preparedness in Head Start

Fueling Minds and Bodies with Family-Style Dining

Advancing Farm to ECE: From Seed to Sprout

Enriching Learning Outdoors with Farm to ECE

Exploring One Vegetable, One Community

Farm to Child: Educational Standard Alignment and Goal Setting

Farm to ECE: Digging Deeper into Cooking and Nutrition

Feed the Soil: Let’s Compost!

Growing CACFP Beyond the Kitchen

Growing Healthy Foundations: Farm to ECE Made Easy

Growing Wins Across Early Childhood and Food System Sectors

Grown for Kids: Farm to Preschool Collaboration

Sowing Seeds of Impact: USDA Farm to School Grants

Afterschool Meals: Feeding Children for a Healthier Future

CACFP Afterschool Meals Overview

Engaging Your Community in Your Meal Program

Food Security Beyond Program Walls

Increasing Participation in Afterschool Meals

Leveraging State and Local Funds to Support Participation

Making the Connection: Brain Foods for Healthy SEL

Out-of-School Time Meal Program Sponsors’ Stories

Serving Communities Year-Round Through Afterschool Meals and the SFSP

A Collaborative Approach to Summer Meals

Embracing Diversity in Your Summer Meal Program

Food Banks & SFSP: Vendors, Caterers and Hot Meals

Non-Congregate Summer Meal Service

Non-Congregate Summer Meals: A Deep Dive into Possibilities

Rural, Non-Congregate Meals: Summer 2023 Lessons Learned

Serving Up Fun at Summer Meal Sites

Underdogs Unite: Collaboration for Deeper Impact on Child Hunger

Year-Round Celebration: Summer Meals Training and Planning

99% A Human, 1% Amazing

Artificial Intelligence for Child Nutrition

Combating Resistance: Uniting Education Staff and Nutrition Teams

Communicating with Impact

Effective Training Methods for Onboarding

Finding the Leader in You

Fostering a Positive Work Culture

Identifying and Hiring Top Talent

Inclusive Communication

People, Problems and Pups

Promoting Well-Being: Managing Workload & Boundaries

Resilience: The Key to Overcoming Challenges

Taking a Bilateral Approach to Self-Care

Best Practices for Developing a Financial Management Process

Budgeting and Compliance for Sponsors

CACFP Administrative Budgets

Cost Allocation for Center and Home Sponsors

Developing a CACFP Budget

Financial Management for Center Sponsors

Investigating Fraud, Waste & Abuse in Federally Funded Programs

Preparing for CACFP or SFSP Audits

Procurement Standards for Sponsors & Centers

Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs

Sponsoring Summer Food: Keys to Financial Management

Administrative Review Preparedness for Sponsors

CACFP in Emergency Shelters

Completing Claims Like Clockwork

Compliance with Confidence: Sponsor Monitoring and Oversight

Navigating Home Monitoring Situations

Oversight and Monitoring of the CACFP

Serious Deficiency Process

Serious Deficiency Process: Current and Proposed Requirements

Serving School Meals to Preschoolers

Serving Traditional Indigenous Foods

Successful State Agency Compliance Reviews

The Kitchen Sink: Food Preparation, Safety and Efficiency

Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities in Community Meals

Civil Rights 101: Compliance with Civil Rights Requirements

Civil Rights Compliance and Special Diets in the CACFP

Grassroots Advocacy 101

Home Eligibility: Licensed or Approved in the CACFP

How Climate Change Impacts Food Insecurity

Promoting Participation: Advancing CACFP in Your State

Why CACFP Matters: Policy & Advocacy Priorities

An Adventure Through MyPlate Resources

Bridging the Gap: Addressing Food Insecurity in Rural Communities

Charting CACFP Success Strategies by Mapping Child Care Providers

Creating Natural Outdoor Learning Environments

Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Family Child Care Food Safety Kit

Feeding Infants

Healthy Minds & Bodies: Sesame Resources to Promote Emotional Well-Being

Level Up Your Training: Physical Activity in ECE and CACFP Settings

Mindfulness and SEL Practices for Educators and Children

Partnering with Cooperative Extension to Improve Eating Patterns

Plant-Forward Menus: A Guide to Successful Integration

CACFP Training Program & Nutrition Calendar

Embracing Technology to Maintain USDA Compliance

Financial Viability Fundamentals for CACFP and SFSP with MH Miles

Menu Planning Made Easy: Health-e Pro Software Demo

Simplify CACFP Recordkeeping with LogATot

Understanding Overhead with Your Part-Time Controller

Using Go NAPSACC to Support State and Local Program Level CACFP Efforts

Thank you to our...

Partners
Sponsors
Exhibitors

Silver Level

Champion Foodservice

General Mills

Goya MyPlate Recipes & Better For You Products

KidKare by Minute Menu

Optimum Foods

Bronze Level

Abt Global

Amazing Fruit Products

Butterball Foodservice

Butter Buds Inc.

ChildWatch

Choice Partners Cooperative

Darlington Snacks

Dole Packaged Foods

Ekon-O-Pac

E S Foods

The Farmers' Truck

Food & Supply Source

Food for Good, Pepsico Foundation

Fresh Baby

Gerber Products Company

GoGo squeeZ

Health-e Pro

Healthy Family Project

Highland Beef Farms

J&J Snack Foods

Jack Link's

JA Food Service/Packaged Meal Kits

LA Publishing

Link2Feed

LogATot Inc.

MH Miles, CPA, PC

Miss Olive's Meals

Myers and Stauffer LC

Novick Childcare Solutions

Oliver Packaging & Equipment

Peterson Farms Family of Companies

Simple Good Foods

StreamPay

Tarrier Foods/Rockin'ola

Voyatek

Your Part-Time Controller, LLC (YPTC)

Nonprofit Level

Association for Early Learning Leaders

Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI)

Dr. Yum Project

Early Learning Ventures

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Florida Department of Health

Go NAPSACC (UNC-CH)

Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN)

Mushroom Council

Penn State Extension Better Kid Care Program

Team Nutrition

USDA Breastfeeding Campaign

USDA Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program

The Walking Classroom