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Head Start One-Time Supplemental Nutrition Funds
The Office of Head Start announced that Head Start grant recipients can request supplemental funds to promote nutrition services and healthy eating for enrolled children and families. This funding was created in response to hearing that lack of funding is a barrier to improving or expanding nutrition services in Head Start programs.
Read MoreSecretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization
Last week, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the department’s reorganization plan. Over the next two years, USDA plans to consolidate the FNS Regional Offices from seven to five hubs.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Jicama
Is jicama creditable in the CACFP?
Read More2025-2026 CACFP Reimbursement Rates
The USDA has released the Reimbursement Rates for 2025-2026. Rates are effective from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
Read MoreScholarship Recipients Announced for Virtual Summit 2025
The 2025 CACFP Virtual Summit Scholarship winners have been announced! View the list of all 95 winners.
Read MoreCACFP: A Critical Support for Child Care
The CACFP has many benefits – it supports child care providers and ensures that children and adults in care receive nutritious meals. The CACFP is also critical in supporting child care businesses by decreasing costs that can be reallocated towards program improvement, staff wages, or lower tuition rates.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Bean Flour Pasta
Can pasta that is made from 100% bean flour credit towards the grains component?
Read MoreUSDA and HHS Notice: CNPs and Head Start as Federal Public Benefit
USDA and HHS each released a notice stating that many programs under the jurisdiction of both departments are now interpreted as “Federal Public Benefits,” including all CNPs and Head Start. The notices aim to address whether citizenship or qualified immigration status must be verified in order for a child to participate in these federal programs.
Read MoreNational CACFP Association to Attend ANC 2025 in San Antonio
The National CACFP Association (NCA) will participate in the School Nutrition Association’s Annual National Conference (ANC), taking place July 13–16, 2025, at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Crediting Corn
Does corn credit as a vegetable or a grain in the CACFP?
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