Related Resources
Crediting Foods | Meal Service | Menu Planning
Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs
- Crediting Commercial Processed Products (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
- Crediting Foods Prepared on Site (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
- Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
- CSDE Operational Memo No. 7A, 9C-16 and 9H-16: Requirements for Documenting CACFP Meal Pattern Contribution of Processed Foods
Meal Service in CACFP Child Care Programs
- Family Style
- Family Style Dining Guide: A Mealtime Approach for Early Care and Education Programs (Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association and The Nemours Foundation)
- Support Family Style Meals (Supplement E from Nutrition and Wellness Tips for Young Children: Provider Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program) (USDA)
- The Basic Guide to Family Style Dining – Part 1 (ICN)
- Why You Should Serve Family Style (National CACFP Association)
- Offer versus Serve (OVS) Applies only to at-risk afterschool centers
- Offer versus Serve in At-risk Afterschool Centers (CSDE)
- USDA Memo CACFP 05-17: Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
- Mealtimes with Toddlers
- Mealtimes with Toddlers in the CACFP (USDA): Booklet, family handout, and videos (assisting toddlers in learning how to feed themselves; encouraging toddlers to try new foods; and types of milk to serve children in the CACFP) in English and Spanish
- Water Availability
- Resources for promoting water in child care (see "Water Availability" in the CSDE's Resource List for Child Nutrition Programs)
- USDA Memo CACFP 18-2016: Water Availability in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
- USDA Memo CACFP 20-2016: Resources for Making Potable Water Available in Schools and Child Care Facilities
Menu Planning for CACFP Child Care Programs
- Best Practices
- CACFP Best Practices (English) (USDA)
- CACFP Best Practices (Spanish) (USDA)
- USDA Memo CACFP 15-2016: Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern
- CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinar Series: Topics related to the CACFP meal pattern requirements (USDA)
- CACFP Training Tools (USDA)
- Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Planning Healthy Meals in CACFP Child Care Programs (CSDE)
- Resource List for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Resources for the CACFP Meal Patterns (CSDE)
- Sample CACFP Menus (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
- Serving Snacks in the CACFP (USDA)Serving Vegetables in the CACFP (USDA)
- Special Diets
- Sugar Limits for the CACFP
- Breakfast Cereals
- Yogurt
- Using the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP (USDA)
- Vegetable Subgroups in the CACFP (CSDE)