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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance ¡Preparemos una merienda!

¡Preparemos una merienda! Planificador de menús de meriendas para el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos para niños de 3 a 18 años de edad.

FNS-901-S
11/28/2023
Resource | Federal Register Documents Comment Request on Proposed Rule: Child Nutrition Programs - Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 DGAs

This rulemaking proposes long-term school nutrition standards based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, and feedback the USDA received from child nutrition program stakeholders during a robust stakeholder engagement campaign. 

03/29/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Serving Meats and Meat Alternates at Lunch and Supper in the USDA CACFP

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

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07/15/2022
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Let’s Make a Snack!

Program operators that provide snacks for children 3–18 years of age can get menu planning tips and recipes.

FNS-901
04/15/2022
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Serving Meats and Meat Alternates at Breakfast

These worksheets can be used to empower Child and Adult Care Food Program providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement meal pattern requirements.

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03/06/2020
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Servir carnes y sustitutos de carne en el desayuno

Estas hojas de capacitación se pueden usar para fortalecer el conocimiento, las habilidades y la experiencia de los proveedores y los operadores del Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP, por sus siglas en inglés) para implementar los requisitos del patrón de comidas del CACFP. 

03/06/2020
Resource | Proposed Rule Proposed Rule: Incorporating the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Into the Proposed School Meal Patterns

This document informs the public about a change in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans that affects the proposed rule "Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs'' issued by the Department of Agriculture and published in the Federal Register on Jan. 13, 2011.

03/21/2011
Resource | Interim Final Rule Interim Rule: Revisions in WIC Food Packages

This interim rule revises regulations governing the WIC food packages to align the WIC food packages with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and current infant feeding practice guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics, better promote and support the establishment of successful long-term breastfeeding, provide WIC participants with a wider variety of food, and provide WIC state agencies with greater flexibility in prescribing food packages to accommodate participants with cultural food preferences.

12/06/2007
Resource | Rules CFR Correction: National School Breakfast Program Additional Menu Planning Approaches

This notice corrects Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 210 to 299.

06/25/2001
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Additional Menu Planning Approaches

This final rule also adds a method that allows schools to use “any reasonable approach” to plan menus.

05/09/2000
Page updated: October 14, 2021