2023 Program Admin/Operations

Already attend the Beginner’s Guide session? In this advanced session for centers, learn how to evaluate and scale-up recipes while ensuring they are CACFP creditable. Become confident in developing your own #CACFPCreditable recipes to make and serve for those in your care!

Maybe you love to develop delicious recipes, or a parent has shared one of their family favorites, but you are not sure how to make it creditable in the CACFP. Learn key tips and methods on how to evaluate recipes to ensure they are #CACFPCreditable as we guide you through our recipe crediting worksheet. This introductory session is recommended prior to attending any Beyond Beginners sessions.

Let’s discuss change management! Neighborhood House Association’s Nutrition Services has gone through major change, including relocating the kitchen and transportation units, facility renovation, menu and production overhaul, and delivery vehicle design and upgrades, as well as implementing uniforms to the teams. So, when is change necessary and how do you cheerlead change?

How do you find time to create teachable moments throughout the day? By using every opportunity you get, such as mealtimes! Discover ways to create learning opportunities while making and serving delicious breakfasts that meet CACFP meal pattern requirements.

You’ve been participating in the CACFP for years now and feel that you know the meal pattern like the back of your hand. But do you? From food components to required serving sizes to substitutions and variations of the meal pattern by age groups, there is so much more to know than the basics. Test your knowledge as we cover advanced-level topics. 

Get tips, suggestions, and best practices to prepare for an administrative review. Discover how to find success, avoid findings, and communicate with the review team.

Ever wondered if you reheated that casserole to the right temperature or cooled that chili correctly? What’s the difference between cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting anyway? Get best practices to keep children and staff healthy and safe.

Are you wanting to use the Food Buying Guide app but unsure where to begin? Let us show you! Get hands-on practice on how to use the app to make grocery shopping simple. Please come to the session with the app downloaded on your iOS or Android phone.

Expectations can set us up for success or failure, chaos or calm. There is a lot to manage at mealtimes; child preferences, nutrition guidelines, emotions, spills and more. Learn how to implement strategies that lead you and your children towards more fun, calm and safe mealtimes. Explore mealtime together and identify resources, ideas, and expectations that will benefit both you and the children you serve.

Want to use your grandmother’s secret tuna noodle casserole recipe but don’t know where to start to make it CACFP creditable? Have a great recipe that your children love but need to standardize it for use in your food service program? Learn to identify the basics of recipe standardization for CACFP and help further your success in menu planning.