FNS Documents & Resources

These colorful posters use photography shot specifically for settings participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program,  and measure 11” by 17.” They can be used to empower CACFP providers and operators with the knowledge, skills, and expertise to implement the updated CACFP meal pattern requirements that became effective Oct. 1, 2017.

These colorful posters use photography shot specifically for settings participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

This Q&A memorandum is designed to provide an overview of the policies related to the Professional Standards regulations for state and local school nutrition program personnel. 

Professional Standards for school nutrition professionals is a key provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The final rule, published March 2, 2015, requires a minimum amount of annual training hours for all state directors of school nutrition programs, state director of distributing agencies, school nutrition program directors, managers, and staff.

This eleven-lesson curriculum for 3rd and 4th grades includes bulletin board materials, veggie dice, fruit and vegetable flash cards, and ten issues of Garden Detective News for parents/caregivers.

This resource is designed to help Child and Adult Care Food Program operators provide garden-based nutrition education for children ages 3 through 5 years in family child care settings.

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

Esta hoja de capacitación de cuatro páginas ayuda a los operadores del Programa Nacional de Almuerzo Escolar y del Programa de Desayuno Escolar a planificar menús que cumplen con el patrón de comidas preescolares.

This webinar will focus on how CACFP operators can identify grain-based desserts, and use this knowledge to plan menus that meet program requirements.