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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance USDA Foods Database

Check out this database to access vendor-specific product information for all direct delivered USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program.

11/09/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance CACFP Grains Ounce Equivalents Resources

Refresh your trainings during National CACFP Week.

04/15/2022
Resource | Webinars/Videos Webinar: CACFP Halftime - Grains Ounce Equivalents Tools for CACFP Operators

Thirty on Thursdays webinar series is a set of interactive, skills-building webinars that focus on hot topics related to the updated CACFP meal patterns.

03/30/2022
Resource | Webinars/Videos Recursos sobre las onzas equivalentes de granos para operadores del CACFP

La serie Medio tiempo del CACFP: Treinta los jueves es un conjunto de seminarios web interactivos, que desarrollan habilidades al enfocarse en temas de interés relacionados con los patrones de comidas actualizados del Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP, por sus siglas en inglés). 

03/30/2022
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP

These worksheets can be used to empower CACFP providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement CACFP meal pattern requirements.

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10/19/2021
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Serving School Meals to Preschoolers

This four-page worksheet assists NSLP and SBP operators in planning menus that meet the preschool meal pattern.

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01/08/2019
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2013-0015 USDA Foods Bone-in-Chicken Products

USDA Food and Nutrition Service policy memo SP 26-2013, "Extending Flexibility in the Meat/Meat Alternate and Grains Maximums for School Year 2013-14" extends the flexibility regarding Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA) maximums for SY 2013-13, allowing state agencies to assess compliance based on the minimum daily and weekly serving requirements only.  

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03/07/2013
Page updated: October 14, 2021