Various Resources to Keep You Informed
Children develop lifelong eating habits, likes, and dislikes in the first 5 years of life. As a child care provider you will play a big role in helping children develop good eating habits that will last a lifetime. We want to help! That is why keeping you informed with recent child nutrition information and resources is important to us. Not only will you find this information useful but you can also share it with parents who have questions or concerns about their child’s eating habits.
Latest CACFP Training Spotlight:
Nutrition
- CACFP Training Spotlights
- Claiming Infant Meals
- Product Labels for Cereals and Yogurt Sugar Limits
- Documentation for Whole Grain Rich (WGR) Foods
- Recipes for Foods Prepared from Scratch
- Rule of 3 for Determining Whole Grain Rich (WGR)
- Serving Milk
- Vegetarian Meals in the CACFP
- Maintaining Product Labels and other Acceptable Documentation for Certain Foods
- Tortilla Chips and Corn Chips
- Crediting Documentation for Processed Foods
- Meal Pattern For Children
- Milk Component
- Grain Component
- WIC approved Whole Grains
- Determining if homemade items are whole grain
- Bread and Grain Chart
- Cereal Types and Serving Sizes
- WIC approved Cereals
- Whole Grain Flowchart
- Determining by Rule of 3
- Grain List
- Cereal Added Sugar Limits
- Product Labels for Cereals and Yogurt Sugar Limits
- Documentation for Whole Grain Rich (WGR) Foods
- Tortilla Chips and Corn Chips
- Ounce Equivalent Handout
- Ounce Equivalent in Homemade recipes
- Grain-Based Desserts-Perception Counts
- Fruit and Vegetable Components
- Meat and Meat Alternate Component
- Drinking Water
- Meal Pattern For Infants
- Special Dietary Needs and the CACFP
- Food Safety and Sanitation
- Choking
- Parents…Be Your Child’s Partner in Breakfast
- Parents…Get Straight A’s With A Healthy Breakfast
- The Picky Eater – Mealtime Memo for Child Care
- Start Children Early With Whole Grains
- The Strawberry Patch – Preschool Fun with Fruits & Vegetables
- CACFP – Supporting Good Nutrition & Quality Child Care
- Eating Behaviors of Toddlers
- Eating Habits of Young Children
- Fight Childhood Obesity
- Eat Right – Get Your Plate In Shape
- Whole Grain Recipes- Grain based desserts are not creditable.
Forms and Parental Handouts
- Appeal Procedures
- Building for the Future
- CACFP Handout
- Direct Deposit of Payment
- Household Size Income Application for Area Eligible Providers (Green Form)
- Household Size Income Application for Parents (Yellow Form)
- Household Size Income Application for Providers (Blue Form)
- FDCH Income Scale
- Income Verification Form for Providers using Blue Form
- School Area Tier 1 Eligibility
- WIC
- Horizons Food Program Enrollment Form
- Daily Menu and Meal Count Computer Back-up
- 1-12 year old Menu Form
- Infant Requirements for Paper Claimers
- Infant Menu for Computer Claimers
Handbooks
- Horizons Family Daycare Handbook
- Foods for Infants in the CACFP
- Feeding Infants in the CACFP-Team Nutrition
- Crediting Handbook for the CACFP-USDA
- Food Buying Guide
Home Visit Packets
- Active Early Attachments
- Active Early – A WI Guide For Improving Childhood Physical Activity
- Healthy Bites
- Menu Planning Guide-Grain based desserts are not creditable.