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Sponsor Spotlight: Heide Martin and Sharla Olson with SENDCAA
Heide Martin and Sharla Olson are Nutrition Coordinators for the Southeast North Dakota Community Action Agency (SENDCAA). SENDCAA began sponsoring the CACFP in 1981 through a start-up grant from the USDA. Forty-five years later, SENDCAA continues to operate as a CACFP sponsor and serves 150 family child care homes that provide nutritious meals to about 1500 children.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Minimum Meal Pattern Serving Size
What does it mean when we talk about minimum serving sizes in the CACFP meal pattern?
Read MoreFood and Nutrition Administration Relocation
Today, April 30, 2026, USDA announced the creation of the Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) to oversee USDA’s 16 nutrition assistance programs. In addition, USDA announced the reorganization and relocation of all program staff from Washington D.C. to regional hub locations.
Read MoreCACFP Impact on Display as USDA and NCA Leaders Visit Las Vegas Family Child Care Home
Deputy Under Secretary Patrick Penn of USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services; Tina Fritz Namian, Deputy Associate Administrator with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service; and Alexia Thex, President of the National CACFP Association, recently participated in a site visit to Lulu’s Kids Care, a CACFP family child care home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Ultrafiltered Milk
Is ultrafiltered milk creditable in the CACFP?
Read MoreQuarterly Policy Update: April 2026
Over the past three months, USDA has released new guidance, income eligibility guidelines, an updated crediting handbook, and announced Farm to School Grantees. Read on to see what you’ve missed.
Read MoreSponsor Spotlight: Katie Quinlivan with Yours For Children, Inc.
Katie Quinlivan is the Program Director at Yours For Children, Inc. (YFCI), a CACFP sponsor of family child care homes that was founded 1985. Katie, herself, has been with YFCI for almost 30 years and follows in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Black Bean Brownies
Are black bean brownies creditable as a grain in the CACFP?
Read MoreNCNC26: Day Four Highlights
Attendees enjoyed a fourth day of programming at the National Child Nutrition Conference on Thursday, April 16.
Read MoreNCNC26: Day Three Highlights
It was another full day of programming at the Westgate in Las Vegas as workshops got into full swing at the National Child Nutrition Conference on Wednesday, April 15.
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