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Resource: Reading food labels for CACFP approved childcare menus

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Free printable resource to help you understand nutrition labels for childcare menu planning and an easy incorporation of CACFP approved foods.

Meal Pattern Minute: Serving Yogurt with Added Sugar

Can you serve yogurt with added sugars? Watch the video to hear the answer straight from our own nutrition education specialist.

Activity Inspiration: Stick Horse Races

Stick horse races are the perfect solution to get the blood pumping and jazz up regular foot races, and engage curious minds about horses!

Flexibilities for Summer 2022 and School Year 2022-23

FNS is offering a suite of operational flexibilities that will be available to child nutrition programs for summer 2022 and school year 2022-23.

A Safety Net Unraveling: Feeding Young Children During COVID-19

The study proposes critical steps to repair our nation’s fragile ECE system, including greater investment in CACFP, to ensure the nutrition, health, and development of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Taking steps to fix our previous underinvestment in these areas is essential for the nation’s future and recovery from the pandemic.

CACFP Resource: Family style dining

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Family style dining encourages learning and development. Here’s a resource to implement this practice at your CACFP site.

What is Child Nutrition Reauthorization?

A brown wood gavel sits on a white table beside a white keyboard.

Every five years, Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) provides Congress with an opportunity to improve and strengthen the child nutrition and school meal programs. It hasn’t happened since 2010. What does that mean for us?