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Join the USDA Team Nutrition for training webinars on hot topics related to the CACFP Meal Pattern requirements. All of these trainings count toward Specialty 1 or 2 for the CACFP Certification Program education requirements.
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Adding Whole Grains to Your Menu
Thirty on Thursday presented June 21, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on how to offer whole grains at CACFP sites.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Breakfast Basics
Thirty on Thursday presented July 21, 2022 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar shows CACFP operators how to plan nutritious and appealing breakfasts that meet CACFP meal pattern requirements.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars
Thirty on Thursday presented October 19, 2017 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar walks the audience through Team Nutrition’s “How to Choose Breakfast Cereals Lower in Added Sugars” training worksheet and lets audience look at various cereals to see if they meet meal pattern requirements.
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USDA Team Nutrition
Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars
Thirty on Thursday presented November 16, 2017 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar walks the audience through Team Nutrition’s “Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars” training worksheet and lets audience look at various yogurts to see if they meet meal pattern requirements.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented November 19, 2020 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
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USDA Team Nutrition
Crediting Store-Bought Combination Baby Foods in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented March 18, 2021 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will show CACFP operators how to identify store-bought combination baby foods that may be served at reimbursable meals and snacks to infants. Attendees will have a chance to submit questions to the presenters and check their knowledge through interactive polling questions.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Feeding Infants: 0-5 Months
Thirty on Thursday presented July 19, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on how the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) infant meal pattern supports infant growth and development for babies ages birth through 5 months.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Feeding Infants: Starting with Solids
Thirty on Thursday presented September 20, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on how the CACFP infant meal pattern supports infant growth and development for babies ages 6 through 11 months. The webinar includes information on developmental readiness and feeding infants solid foods in the CACFP.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Grain-Based Desserts in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented November 15, 2019 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will focus on how Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) operators can identify grain-based desserts, and use this knowledge to plan menus that meet program requirements.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Grain Ounce Equivalents Tools for CACFP Operators
Thirty on Thursday presented March 14, 2022 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar highlighted resources, training materials, and frequently asked questions related to using ounce equivalents for grains.
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USDA Team Nutrition
How to Support Breastfeeding in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented August 16, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on how child care centers and family child care homes that participate in the CACFP can support breastfeeding.
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USDA Team Nutrition
Identifying Whole Grain-Rich in the CACFP Using the Ingredient List
Thirty on Thursday presented October 18, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will focus on how CACFP operators can use a food’s ingredient list to identify whole grain-rich items for their menus.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Identifying Whole Grain-Rich in the CACFP, Part 2
Thirty on Thursday presented March 21, 2019 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will focus on how CACFP operators can use a food’s ingredient list to identify whole grain-rich items for their menus, with a focus on how to treat flour blends.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
In-Grained: Easy Tools to Determine Serving Amounts
Thirty on Thursday presented November 14, 2019 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on tools that can be used to determine how much of a grain item is needed to meet CACFP meal pattern requirements.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Mealtimes with Toddlers
Thirty on Thursday presented June 18, 2020 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will include practical tips for how CACFP operators can meet meal pattern requirements while addressing a toddler’s developmental needs.
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USDA Team Nutrition
Menu Planning for the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented February 15, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on different meal planning techniques that can be used to serve healthy and appealing meals and snacks that meet CACFP and Preschool meal pattern requirements.
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USDA Team Nutrition
Methods for Healthy Cooking
Thirty on Thursday presented May 17, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on cooking nutritious meals and snacks in the CACFP, using methods such as roasting, baking, steaming, sautéing, stir-frying, grilling and more.
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USDA Team Nutrition
Offer Versus Serve in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented April 19, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on how to use Offer Versus Serve meal service, available and optional for sites that serve at-risk afterschool and adult participants in the CACFP only.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Serving Adult Participants in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented May 5, 2022 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
The CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays webinar series is a set of interactive, skills-building webinars that focus on hot topics related to the updated Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal patterns. This webinar shows CACFP operators how to plan and prepare reimbursable meals and snacks for adult participants.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Serving Meat & Meat Alternates at Breakfast
Thirty on Thursday presented March 15, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar focuses on the option to serve meat and meat alternates in place of grains at breakfast up to three times per week for those following CACFP and preschool meal patterns.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Serving Milk in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented January 18, 2018 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar walks the audience through Team Nutrition’s “Serving Milk in the CACFP” training worksheet and lets audience select milk for various age groups to meet meal pattern requirements.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Serving Snacks in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented September 23, 2021 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will show CACFP operators how to plan and prepare snacks for children and adults in their care
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Serving Vegetables in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented July 18, 2019 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will focus on creative and appealing ways to offer vegetables at meals and snacks in the CACFP.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Using the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented January 21, 2021 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar shows Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) operators how to use the Nutrition Facts label to identify items that may be served at reimbursable meals and snacks.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition
Using the WIC List to Identify Creditable Foods in the CACFP
Thirty on Thursday presented May 16, 2019 | 0.5 hours credited CEUs
This webinar will focus on how CACFP operators can use the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food list to find creditable cereals and whole grain-rich foods to serve as part of a reimbursable meal or snack.
Presented by:
USDA Team Nutrition