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1 CACFP: Benefits and New Meal Patterns
Meghan George-Nichols June 14, 2018

2 Overview What is CACFP. Benefits to your school. Meal pattern requirements. Overview of meal pattern changes.

3 What is CACFP? Federal Child Nutrition program providing meal reimbursement for meals and snacks. Participating programs include: child care, preschools, head start, afterschool at-risk, adult care and family day care homes.

4 Benefits For Your School
Fill the need for: Snacks served to child care, preschools, and head start programs during the school day. Afterschool snack and/or supper can be served for afterschool at-risk programs Afterschool at-risk programs can serve meals and snacks 7 days per week during the school year.

5 4 Day School Weeks & CACFP
5th day options Child care Can serve children from 0-12 years old Claim up to 2 meals and 1 snack per child At-risk Can serve children 0-18 years old Claim 1 meal and 1 snack per child

6 Application If the contract is held between the school nutrition services department and CACFP streamlining policies apply: No financial viability check. Sponsoring organizations (more than 1 site): short, 1 page info info page to capture oversight requirements. 2 week trial period waved. Instead you receive a 1:1 phone call or meeting to go over CACFP specifics and answer any questions. Can apply anytime during the year.

7 Meal Pattern Requirements
Based on age. Listed portions are minimum requirements. School Food Authorities can use CACFP meal patterns or NSLP meal patterns.

8 Breakfast Meal Pattern
Components Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-18 Milk ½ cup ¾ cup 1 cup Fruit/Vegetable ¼ cup Grain/Bread Bread Biscuit, Muffin Cold Cereal Cooked Cereal Pasta, Rice, Grains ½ slice ½ serving 1/3 cup 1 slice 1 serving

9 Lunch Meal Pattern Components Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-18 Milk ½ cup
Fruits 1/8 cup ¼ cup Vegetable Grains Bread Cornbread, Biscuit, Roll Pasta, Rice, Grains ½ slice ½ serving 1 slice 1 serving Meat/Meat Alternate Meat, Poultry, Fish Cheese Eggs Beans Peanut/Nut Butter Yogurt 1 ounce ½ egg 2 Tbsp** 4 ounces 1 ½ ounces ¾ egg 3/8 cup 3 Tbsp** 6 ounces 2 ounces 1 egg 4 Tbsp** 8 ounces

10 CACFP Center Manual Section 3
Snack Meal Pattern Components (select 2) Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-18 Milk ½ cup 1 cup Fruit ¾ cup Vegetable Grains Bread Cornbread, Biscuit, Roll Cold Cereal Hot Cereal Pasta, Rice, Grains ½ slice ½ serving ¼ cup 1/3 cup 1 slice 1 serving Meat/Meat Alternate Meat/Poultry/Fish/Cheese Egg Beans Peanut/Nut/Seed Butters Yogurt ½ ounce ½ egg 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp 2 ounces 1 ounce 2 Tbsp 4 ounces CACFP Center Manual Section 3

11 New Meal Patterns All provisions must be implemented by October 1, 2017. Detailed training available Monthly blasts. Recorded webinars. Monthly CACFP training at CDPHE.

12 Meal Pattern Changes Breakfast cereal: no more than 6 grams of sugar per dry ounce. Fruit and vegetables separate component at lunch, supper, and snack. Vegetables do not need to be from different sub-groups Juice limited to once per day CACFP policy no more than 2 times per week Yogurt: no more than 23 grams of sugar per 6 ounces Prohibit deep-fat frying on-site We will quickly review some of the changes within the program.

13 Meal Pattern Changes cont.
Serve one whole-grain rich item per day and document on menu. Flavored milk to children 5 years and younger not allowed. Meat/meat alternate may be served in lieu of grains at breakfast 3 times per week. Tofu is now creditable. Soy yogurt allowable as a meat/meat alternate At-Risk only programs Extend offer versus serve

14 Meal Pattern Changes cont.
Grain Based Desserts no longer allowable on the program: Sweet crackers (graham crackers-all shapes, animal crackers)  Sweet roll (unfrosted, frosted) Cookies (plain, with nuts, raisins, chocolate pieces and/or fruit purees, includes vanilla wafers) Toaster pastry (unfrosted, frosted) Pie crusts (desserts pies, cobbler, fruit turnovers) Cake (all varieties, plain, unfrosted, frosted) Doughnuts (cake and yeast-raised, unfrosted, frosted or glazed) Coffee Cake Brownies (plain) Cereal bars, breakfast bars, granola bars (plain, with nuts, dried fruit, and chocolate pieces)

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17 Infant requirements Formula/breast milk only required 0-5 months
Serve foods when developmentally ready, based on parents Follow parents wishes- not ridge pattern No juice No cheese food or cheese spread Ready-to-eat cereal allowed at snacks Encourage breastfeeding friendly spaces

18 Questions Meghan George-Nichols Main CACFP Line CACFP website: Meal Pattern Updates: eb612&id=000970ac18


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