Resources

• Ethnicity and Racial Data for Application Update 2020 (PDF, 84 KB)

• Administrative Review Procedures (DOCX, 32 KB)
• Procedures for Requesting to be Removed from the National Disqualifying List (DOCX, 19 KB)

• Fiscal Year 2019 CACFP Area Eligibility Data - Mapping Tool
  • For more information see Policy Memo 16-21: Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
• 2017-18 Free and Reduced Application Data by Site (XLS, 171 KB)

Archived Data: 2008-2017

• CACFP Federal Regulations
• CACFP Federal Regulations 2017 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Child and Adult Care Food Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Final Rule
• Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement - Nutrition Programs and Activities (PDF, 348 KB)
• Administrative Review and Appeal Procedures
  • Administrative Reviews for Institutions and Responsible Principals and Individuals Governed by USDA FNS Title 7 C.F.R. § 226.6(k)
• Implementation Guidance for Sponsoring Organizations of Family Day Care Homes and Centers
  • 2nd Interim CACFP Management Improvement Rule, September 1, 2004 
• Implementation Guidance for Independent Centers
  • 2nd Interim CACFP Management Improvement Rule, September 1, 2004
• USDA FNS Instruction 796-2 Rev.4: Financial Management - Child and Adult Care Food Program

For more regulations & policies, visit the USDA Child Nutrition Website.

• Reimbursement Rates 2019-2020 (PDF, 67 KB)
• Reimbursement Rates 2018-2019 (PDF, 15 KB)
• Reimbursement Rates 2017-2018 (PDF, 111 KB)

• Income Eligibility Guidelines 2018-2019 (PDF, 88 KB)
• Income Eligibility Guidelines 2017-2018 (PDF, 72 KB)

CACFP

• Adult Meal Pattern (PDF, 247 KB)
• Child Meal Pattern (PDF, 319 KB)
• Infant Meal Pattern (PDF, 224 KB)

Resources

• Creditable Grains in CACFP (PDF, 121 KB)
• Early Implementation Tip Sheets
  • Breastfeeding On-Site (PDF, 340 KB)
  • Yogurt in Place of Milk for Adults (PDF, 335 KB)
• Exhibit A: Grain Requirements for Child Nutrition Programs
• Feeding Infants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (revised March 2019)
• Food Buying Guide -- Web-Based and Interactive!
• Local Foods and Related Activities in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
• Meal Component Calculation Workbook (XLSX, 36 KB)
• NC Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care
• Substitute Meat for Grains - Adults (PDF, 130 KB)
• Substitute Meat for Grains - Children (PDF, 264 KB)
• USDA Meal Pattern Training Tools
•  USDA Team Nutrition Training Tools and Posters

  CACFP Meal Pattern Resources

  The NC CACFP, along with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is pleased to announce the release of Team Nutrition CACFP Meal Pattern training tools and posters. Please see below for more details!

  Training Tools

  • Infographic, Growing a Healthier Future with the CACFP
  • Training Worksheets:
    • Adding Whole Grains to Your CACFP Menu
    • Calculating Sugar Limits for Breakfast Cereals
    • Calculating Sugar Limits for Yogurt
    • Choose Breakfast Cereals Lower in Added Sugars
    • Choose Yogurts Lower in Added Sugars
    • Grain-Based Desserts in the CACFP
    • Identifying Whole-Grain-Rich Foods in the CACFP
    • Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Foods for the CACFP Using the Ingredient List
    • Methods for Healthy Cooking
    • Offer Versus Serve in the CACFP
    • Serving Meat and Meat Alternates at Breakfast
    • Serving Milk in the CACFP

  Download and use these tools to train providers, operators, menu planners, and others in meeting the updated Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal patterns that took effect October 1, 2017.

  Interested in ordering the print version FREE of charge?

  • The training tools are available in English and in Spanish, and come packaged as 25 worksheets/infographics per pack.
  • Order free copies using the online order form

  
  

  Posters

  In addition to the training tools listed above, Team Nutrition has also released the “Serve Tasty and Healthy Foods in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)” poster series. Display these to inform visitors to your program of the meal patterns! Using original photography taken especially for CACFP settings, these 11” by 17” posters support the implementation of the updated meal patterns by showing samples of a reimbursable breakfast, lunch/supper, and snack for each age group in the child and adult meal patterns. Currently the poster series is available online only in English. Spanish and print versions will be available soon!

  Titles include:

  • Sample Meals for Children Ages 1-2
  • Sample Meals for Children Ages 3-5
  • Sample Meals for Children Ages 6-12 and 13-18
  • Sample Meals for Adults

  Download the poster series

• WIC Approved Cereals
• Wisconsin DPI: CACFP Tofu Recipe Guide

• 2017 Food Buying Guide -- Web-Based and Interactive!
• Adult Day Care Handbook
• At-Risk Afterschool Meals Handbook - April 2017
• Choking Prevention (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Family Day Care Homes Monitor Handbook (PDF, 1 MB)
• FNS Instruction 113-1 Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement
• FNS Instruction 796-2 Rev. 4 Financial Management – Child and Adult Care Food Program (PDF, 449 KB)
• Guidance for Management Plans and Budgets (PDF, 400 KB)
• Healthier Cereal Choices for use in the North Carolina Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP) (PDF, 414 KB)
• Independent Child Care Centers Handbook (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Monitoring Handbook for State Agencies
• Serious Deficiency, Suspension, and Appeals for State Agencies and Sponsoring Organizations
• Tip Sheet for Accepting Process Product Documentation (PDF, 318 KB)
• USDA Recipes for Child Care - Institute of Child Nutrition
• What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl Standardized Recipes

• Building for the Future Poster
• Building for the Future Pamphlet
• WIC Brochure Requisition Form
  • The .dot file (for computers with Microsoft Word) will allow you to type your answers in the form, save the form and either email, fax or mail it back to our office.
  • The .pdf file (for computers without Microsoft Word) will allow you to print the file, write your answers on the form and then either fax or mail it back to our office.

• Adult Care
  • Aging (HHS)
• Adult Nutrition
  • Aging: Nutrition and Fitness
  • Food Safety for Older Adults
  • National Association of Nutrition & Aging Services Programs
  • Older Individuals
• Associations and Government Agencies
  • Aging (HHS)
  • American Public Health Association
  • Children's Environmental Health Branch
  • International Food Information Council Foundation
  • North Carolina Adult Day Services Association
  • North Carolina Division of Aging
  • Team Nutrition
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • USDA CACFP Home Page
• Child Care
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) A-Z Index
  • Child Care Rules (Children's Environmental Health Branch)
  • Child Care Subsidy Services Manual (NC Division of Child Development)
  • Resources for Child Care Providers (NC Division of Child Development)
• Child Nutrition
  • Child Nutrition Sharing Site (CNSS)
  • Children's Oral Health (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Lifecycle Nutrition
  • Preventing Baby Bottle Tooth Decay (American Dental Association)
  • School Nutrition Association
  • Team Nutrition
  • USDA Child Nutrition Programs
• Food Safety and Sanitation
  • Fight BAC! Partnership for Food Safety Education
• General Nutrition
  • Choose My Plate
  • Free and Low Cost Food and Nutrition Materials for Consumers
  • International Food Information Council Foundation
  • State of Obesity 2018 (PDF, 2.5 MB)
  • USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
• Physical Activity
  • Be Active Kids