2023 NCNC
Successes and Challenges: Improving CACFP Participation Among Centers
The CACFP is the most important source of federal funding for feeding children in child care settings. Despite its benefits, the program remains underutilized with large variation in participation rates. Uncover results from interviews with state agencies and analyses of administrative data. Learn about barriers to access to CACFP for licensed child care centers.
Read MoreA Call to Action for Policy Makers: Feeding Young Children During COVID-19
Unique partnerships with external entities were valuable during COVID-19. Review the strategies state CACFP directors adapted during the pandemic to ensure children continued to receive meals through the emergency response waivers issued by USDA.
Read MoreHealthy Habits Count
Establishing healthy habits and routines during early childhood can set the stage for lifelong wellbeing. The 5-2-1-0 framework encourages children to develop positive habits through nutrition and physical activity. Learn how 5-2-1-0 reinforces CACFP meal patterns and best practices to help kids thrive.
Read MoreGrocery Shopping Made Easy: Using the Food Buying Guide
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.
Read MoreTurnip-the-Beet on Your Summer Meals Programs
Learn new ways to spice up your service from the award-winning program at the Rialto Unified School District. Hear the strategies and innovations in marketing, community relations, and quality meal service that redefined Rialto’s program.
Read MoreNutrition Education Beyond the Classroom
Learn methods to engage and educate children about nutrition, food, and health through afterschool lessons, garden-based classes, and partnerships with clinics. Explore innovative approaches that target literacy and STEM learning. Hear about cutting edge research surrounding food sovereignty.
Read MoreEncouraging a Growth Mindset Around Child Nutrition
Discover what’s really important when it comes to nutrition education in the classroom: it’s not about bribing or forcing a child to try new foods, but about helping children develop a healthy relationship with food. Learn how providers can help cultivate a positive attitude and willingness of children to try new foods.
Read MoreEmbracing Diversity in Your Summer Meal Program
Meal programs are becoming more diverse each year. Learn strategies to recognize and strengthen diversity in your organization and your local community while leading your summer meal program.
Read MoreDecolonizing Nutrition
Food is storytelling — where we’ve been, and where we are going. It tells us about the fabric woven between cultures and communities, between the land and embodied knowledge. If food represents a story, do the nutrition services offered in your community communicate their respective stories authentically?
Read MoreAsk Us Anything About Food as Medicine
Bring your questions – you can ask us anything about pediatric diets and special needs diets such as type 1 diabetes or gluten intolerance. An unscripted, dynamic, and real conversation focusing on how the food we serve can help children thrive.
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