CACFP Training
CACFP has program training scheduled for the fiscal year. Use the links below to find further information about each class.
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USDA Team Nutrition Worksheets and Webinars
- Food Buying Guide
- Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP
- Crediting Store-Bought Combination Baby Foods in the CACFP
- Determining Ounce Equivalents of Grains in CACFP Recipes
- Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP
- Reducing the Risk of Choking in Young Children at Mealtimes
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CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays - third Thursday of every month
Webinar Series Target Audience FNS regional offices, state agencies, sponsoring organizations, and CACFP program operators, including child care providers, are invited to participate.
Description Join Team Nutrition for monthly training webinars on hot topics related to the CACFP meal pattern requirements. The webinar series takes place on the third Thursday of each month and is offered in English from 2:00-2:30pm ET and Spanish from 3:00-3:30pm ET.
Previous CACFP Halftime webinars have been recorded and are available on the USDA website link below. Topics previously covered include:
- Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars
- Serving Milk in the CACFP
- Menu Planning for the CACFP
- Identify Whole Grain-Rich Foods
- Grain-Based Desserts in the CACFP
- Offer Versus Serve in the CACFP
- Feeding Infants 0-5 months
Registration and Additional Information To register for the webinar, please visit the CACFP Halftime Webinar page.
Live Webinars
Menu Planning Success in the CACFP: 3 Part Series – NEW - July 13, 20, and 27
Menu Planning Success in the CACFP: 3 Part Series – NEW - July 13, 20, and 27 |
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Target Audience |
CACFP operators and staff involved in menu planning or food service operations |
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Join us for an exciting new training series on Menu Planning Success in the CACFP. This three-part series will help you learn how to create a compliant menu from the ground up, how to credit challenging foods, and discover tools that will add variety to your menus and ease the menu planning process. This training will have you feeling confident your menus are complete, compliant with the meal pattern, documented correctly, and filled with nourishing foods. Each part of the training is scheduled for 2 hours.
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At the end of these 3 series, participants will be able to:
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Part 1
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Feeding Infants in the CACFP Training Series – NEW
Feeding Infants in the CACFP Training Series – NEW |
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Target Audience |
CACFP operators and staff involved in planning infant menus and feeding infants |
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The CACFP infant meal pattern supports the growth and development of babies during their first year. Join us for a 4-part training series focused on feeding the youngest of CACFP participants, 0-11-month-olds. We will cover the CACFP requirements and best practices for feeding infants. You will come away with an in-depth understanding of reimbursable meals and snacks in the infant meal pattern and tips on handling and storing breastmilk and formula. Each part of the training is scheduled for 2 hours.
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At the end of this training series, participants will be able to:
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Part 1 - Introduction to the Infant Meal Pattern and Creditable Foods
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Duties and Documents for Sponsoring Organizations - Aug 23, 2022
Duties and Documents for Sponsoring Organizations - Aug 23, 2022 |
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This training will provide guidance and information on the daily, weekly, and monthly record keeping requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program. It is recommended that the attendee from the institution be the person(s) who is responsible for record keeping and CACFP training for the Sponsoring Organization. |
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Duties and Documents for Independent Centers - Aug 23, 2022
Duties and Documents for Independent Centers - Aug 23, 2022 |
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This training will provide guidance and information on the daily, weekly, and monthly record keeping requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program. It is recommended that the attendee from the institution be the person(s) who is responsible for record keeping and CACFP training for the Independent Center. |
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Get Started for Independent Centers – July 12, 2022
Get Started for Independent Centers |
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This training covers the process and requirements for institutions submitting a NEW application to participate in the North Carolina Child and Adult Care Food Program. At the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Get Started for Sponsoring Organizations – July 14, 2022
Get Started for Sponsoring Organizations |
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This training covers the process and requirements for institutions submitting a NEW application to participate in the North Carolina Child and Adult Care Food Program. At the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Application Update for FY2023 – There is a hard deadline of September 30, 2022, due to the expected system change in the months following the update.
Application Update for FY2023 |
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Target Audience |
NC CACFP operators who are responsible for the administration of the program and completion of the annual application update and the budget for FY2023. |
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Training for Application Update 2023 will review all the forms and budget requirements needed for the annual application update and continued participation in the NC CACFP. On demand trainings will post after August 3, 2022. |
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Be sure to register for the correct type of training Independent Centers
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Prerecorded Programmatic Training
Budget Training 2021 for Independent Centers
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This is the North Carolina Child and Adult Care Food Program Budget training for Independent Centers – EZ Version. By the end of this training, you will be able to estimate your Institution’s CACFP reimbursement for the new fiscal year. You will also know how to complete a CACFP budget using the updated electronic budget tool. Finally, you will learn how to submit your budget in NCCARES. |
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Budget Training 2021 for Sponsoring Organization of Affiliated Centers
Budget Training 2021 for Sponsoring Organization of Affiliated Centers | ||||
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This is the North Carolina Child and Adult Care Food Program budget training for Sponsoring Organizations of Affiliated Centers. By the end of this training, you will be able to estimate your Institution’s CACFP reimbursement for the new fiscal year. You will also know how to complete a Sponsoring Organization budget using the updated electronic budget tool. Finally, you will learn how to submit your budget in NCCARES. |
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Budget Training 2021 for Sponsoring Organizations of Day Care Homes
Budget Training 2021 for Sponsoring Organizations of Day Care Homes | ||||
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This is the North Carolina Child and Adult Care Food Program budget training for Sponsoring Organizations of Day Care Homes. By the end of this training, you will be able to estimate your Institution’s CACFP reimbursement for the new fiscal year. You will also know how to complete a Sponsoring Organization budget using the updated electronic budget tool. Finally, you will learn how to submit your budget in NCCARES. |
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Budget Training 2021 for Sponsoring Organizations of Unaffiliated Centers
Budget Training 2021 for Sponsoring Organizations of Unaffiliated Centers | ||||
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This is the North Carolina Child and Adult Care Food Program budget training for Sponsoring Organizations of Unaffiliated Centers. By the end of this training, you will be able to estimate your Institution’s CACFP reimbursement for the new fiscal year. You will also know how to complete a Sponsoring Organization budget using the updated electronic budget tool. Finally, you will learn how to submit your budget in NCCARES. |
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Budget Training 2021 for Sponsored Centers
Budget Training 2021 for Sponsored Centers – EZ Version | ||||
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This is the North Carolina Child and Adult Care Food Program Budget training for Sponsored Centers – EZ Version. By the end of this training, participants will be able to estimate their facility’s CACFP reimbursement for the new fiscal year, complete a sponsored center budget, and submit their signed budgets to the Sponsoring Organization. |
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Food Service Contracts | ||||
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This training was designed for institutions and facilities who receive or plan to receive meals from an outside vendor. During this training we will present an overview of food service contracts in the CACFP, choosing the right contract, contract renewals, procurement guidance, and food service contract submissions. |
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Civil Rights - NC CACFP (required annual training)
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Directors, owners, administrators, and staff of all types of participating institutions |
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This Civil Rights training is a yearly training requirement for participating CACFP institutions and their facilities. The goal of this training is to describe the Civil Rights procedures and requirements that apply to both the State agency and local agencies operating the Child and Adult Care Food Program as described in the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Instruction 113-1 document. |
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At the end of these trainings, participants will be able to:
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CORE CACFP Online Courses |
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Target Audience |
Sponsoring Organizations desiring training for CACFP Administration Description |
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There are three course categories:
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The courses can be accessed on the CORE website at https://www.core-cacfp.com. The enrollment key is CORE. |
How to Write a Corrective Action Document
How to Write a Corrective Action Document | ||||
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Directors, owners, and administrators of all types of participating institutions |
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This online training will provide an overview of the Corrective Action Document (CAD) process. |
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Income Eligibility Applications: Adults
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Individuals responsible for completing Adult Income Eligibility Applications |
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This introductory training will cover Adult Income Eligibility Application requirements, review a sample Adult Income eligibility application form developed by the state agency, and provide tips on maintaining eligibility documentation. |
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Income Eligibility Applications: Child
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Individuals responsible for completing Child Income Eligibility Applications |
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This introductory training will cover Child Income Eligibility Application requirements, review a sample Child Income eligibility application form developed by the state agency, and provide tips on maintaining eligibility documentation. |
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Medical Statement for Meal Modifications
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Individuals responsible for the CACFP Medical Statement for participants. |
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This training covers the North Carolina CACFP Medical Statement for Meal Modifications. We discuss the institutions’ responsibilities, the CACFP regulations, and additional guidance. |
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Property Standards Subgrant Management Basics
Property Standards Subgrant Management Basics | ||||
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Individual(s) responsible for establishing and maintaining internal controls for their institution |
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Guide to property standards policies as a tool to provide greater accountability over assets and increased transparency of public funds. |
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At the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Prerecorded Nutrition and Physical Activity Training
CACFP Meal Pattern Success: Serving Ounce Equivalents for Grains
CACFP Meal Pattern Success: Serving Ounce Equivalents for Grains | ||||
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Child and Adult Care food program (CACFP) operators who are responsible for menu planning, purchasing foods, and ensuring CACFP Meal Patterns are followed. |
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This on-demand, self-paced course will cover how to measure and serve grains using ounce equivalents and identify resources which will assist CACFP operators in determining the amount of grains need to meet CACFP meal pattern requirements. The CACFP requirement to measure grains using ounce equivalents will become effective on October 1, 2021. |
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Combination Foods in CACFP - Documentation Requirements
Combination Foods in CACFP - Documentation Requirements | ||||
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Individual(s) responsible for reviewing institution menus and ensuring the CACFP meal patterns are followed including CACFP program operators and those who prepare foods for institutions. |
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This 30-minute webinar is geared to staff who work in child care centers or sponsored facilities who prepare menus, purchase food, and prepare meals. Participants will learn about the different and appropriate way in which combination foods can be documented in CACFP. A combination food is a food that contains two or more meal pattern components. Combination foods may be commercially prepared or made-from-scratch recipes. |
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Farm to CACFP: Getting Started with Local Foods
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Early childhood education staff, adult day care centers staff, administrators, child care providers, and community partners. |
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Farm to CACFP is a growing movement among facilities. Farm to CACFP includes incorporating local foods into menus, planting gardens, taking field trips to farms and farmers markets, and much more. Learn how experiential gardening and nutrition activities paired with eating local foods can "plant the seeds" for healthy eating habits while supporting local economies. |
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Healthycacfp.org Online Nutrition Lessons
Healthycacfp.org Online Nutrition Lessons | ||||
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Improve your understanding of serving meals and snacks in the CACFP with fun, online lessons designed to help you build nutritious and creditable menus. Receive a certificate and 0.5 DCDEE credit hour for each lesson completed. Click here to watch a 5-minute video and learn how to sign up for healthycacfp.org and navigate the website. |
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Meal Pattern Training: Adults | ||||
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Individuals responsible for meals and menu planning at adult day care centers - cooks, kitchen managers, administrators, and adult day care providers. |
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This 50-minute webinar is geared to staff who work in adult day care centers. Participants will learn about changes to the new CACFP Meal Patterns which promote increased consumption of whole grains, a greater variety of fruits and vegetables, and less added sugar and saturated fats in meals and snacks served in adult day care centers. Participants will learn about resources available to help with successful implementation of the CACFP Meal Patterns. |
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Meal Pattern Training: Children
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Individuals at Sponsoring Organizations and Independent Centers who are responsible for menu planning, purchasing foods, and ensuring CACFP Meal Patterns are followed. |
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This webinar is geared to staff who work in child care centers serving children ages 1-18 years. Participants will learn about the CACFP Child Meal Pattern that became effective on October 1, 2017. This webinar will cover changes to specific meal components and additional changes that promote healthier meals for children in child care settings, at-risk afterschool programs, and emergency shelters. |
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Meal Pattern Training: Infants
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Individuals at Sponsoring Organizations and Independent Centers who are responsible for menu planning, purchasing foods, and ensuring CACFP Meal Patterns are followed. |
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This webinar is geared to staff who work in child care centers serving infants. CACFP meal patterns have been created to ensure infants are provided the most nutritious meals throughout the day. This includes support and promotion of breastfeeding, and offering solid foods based on developmental readiness. Participants will learn about changes to the infant meal patterns effective October 1, 2017. |
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USDA Food Buying Guide Goes Digital
USDA Food Buying Guide Goes Digital |
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Learn about the new Food Buying Guide (FBG) Mobile App and FBG Interactive Web Tool via a demonstration! The link to the recording of the webinar is available on the USDA Team Nutrition Webinar page. |
CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Recorded Webinars
CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Recorded Webinars |
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Target Audience |
FNS regional offices, state agencies, sponsoring organizations, and CACFP program operators, including child care providers, are invited to participate. |
Description |
Since October 2017, USDA’s Team Nutrition had been presenting a series of interactive, skills-building webinars on the updated Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal patterns. The webinar series take place on the third Thursday of each month and is offered in English from 2:00-2:30pm ET and Spanish from 3:00-3:30pm ET. Previous CACFP Halftime webinars have been recorded and are available on the USDA website link below. Topics previously covered include:
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To access the recorded webinars, please visit the CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinar Series page. |
Last Modified: 06-17-2022