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Unlock Your Leadership Potential: CACFP Sponsor Executive Leadership Institute
If you are the leader at your sponsoring organization for family child care homes, you can’t miss this event!
Read MoreThe CACFP’s Impact Across the Nation
More than 138,000 child and adult care providers operate the CACFP, serving nutritious meals to over 4.5 million children and adults daily. The CACFP supports small businesses, helps families keep their children fed, provides balanced meals to those in care, and helps build life-long healthy habits.
Read MoreNational CACFP Sponsors Association Announces New and Re-Elected Board of Director Members
NCA has announced elected and appointed members to the Board of Directors, who will begin their terms on October 1, 2023.
Read MoreBest Practices for Determining Proximity of Sites in the SFSPÂ
USDA’s memorandum, SFSP 15-2023, provides best practices for preventing approval of multiple sites serving the same meals at the same time to the same children.
Read MoreSFSP Question and Answer – 2023 RevisedÂ
USDA updated their previous Summer Food Service Program Question and Answer guidance (SFSP 05-2017) in September of 2023.
Read More1 Year Later: NCA’s Commitments During the White House Conference
One year ago today, on September 28, 2022, President Biden hosted the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in over a half century. At the conference, the administration called on stakeholders to make commitments towards ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases. NCA answered this call for action, writing a letter committing to raising awareness of the CACFP.
Read MoreSFSP Unused Reimbursement Guidance
In order to maintain program integrity and proper use of SFSP funds, it is important that both sponsors and state agencies understand what to do when there are remaining, unused funds at the end of the program year. USDA released two pieces of updated guidance regarding unused reimbursement in the SFSP.
Read MoreCACFP Associated with Food Security for Young Children
A study was published in June of 2023 that found that children with child care-provided meals had lower odds of food insecurity, having poor health, or being admitted to the hospital compared to children with parent-provided meals.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Pumpkin Pie
Can pumpkin pie fit into the meal pattern? You might be surprised to learn the answer!
Read MoreRegulatory Barriers Hinder Access to Child Nutrition Programs
Beth Martino, CEO of Three Square Food Bank in Nevada, explained her organizations experience with unnecessary regulatory barriers hindering children’s ability to access child nutrition programs.
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