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Basic page Funding a Local School Wellness Policy
12/20/2019
Basic page Family Day Care Homes

CACFP provides nutritious meals and snacks to infants and children as a regular part of their day care. A variety of public or private nonprofit child care centers, Head Start programs, outside-school-hours care centers, and other institutions which are licensed or approved to provide day care services participate in CACFP. For-profit centers that serve lower income children may also be eligible.

11/18/2019
Basic page Afterschool Programs

When school is out and parents are still at work, children need a safe place to be with their friends, with structured activities, supportive adults, and good nutrition. Afterschool programs that participate in CACFP give children and teenagers the nutrition they need, and draw them into constructive activities that are safe, fun, and filled with opportunities for learning.

11/18/2019
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants - Identifying Signs of Hunger and Fullness

This video is from Lesson 2 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit. It helps child care providers learn to identify and respond to a baby’s hunger and fullness signs.

11/18/2019
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants - Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers in a Child Care Site

This video is from Lesson 3 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit  It contains suggestions for creating a breastfeeding-friendly environment, best practices parents can follow for labeling and transporting breastmilk to a child care site, and it introduces the Breastfed Babies Welcome Here! A Mother’s Guide as a resource for breastfeeding mothers.

11/18/2019
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants - Handling and Storing Breastmilk and Infant Formula in a Child Care Site

This video is from Lesson 4 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit. It describes best practices for handling and storing breastmilk and infant formula at a child care site.

11/18/2019
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Overview of the CACFP Infant Meal Pattern

This video is from Lesson 1 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit. It describes how CACFP meals and snacks support infant growth and development.

11/18/2019
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants - Developmental Readiness for Solid Foods

This video is from Lesson 7 of the CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit. It helps child care providers know when a baby is developmentally ready for solid foods.

11/13/2019
Resource | Webinars/Videos In Grained: Easy Tools to Determine Serving Amounts

This webinar will focus on creative and appealing ways to offer vegetables at meals and snacks in the CACFP.

11/12/2019
Resource | Webinars/Videos Al grano: herramientas fáciles para determinar las cantidades de porciones

Este seminario web se enfoca en las herramientas que se pueden usar para determinar qué cantidad de granos se necesitan para cumplir con los requisitos del patrón de comidas del CACFP.

11/12/2019
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