FNS Documents & Resources

Check out this easy-to-use menu planner and recipe booklet for Child and Adult Care Food Program operators who provide breakfast meals for children 3–18 years of age.

This collection of information is necessary for the application of the Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards by school food authorities.

School Meals Trays, Many Ways Campaign

Update your breakfast menus with these easy-to-prepare USDA standardized breakfast recipes.

These CACFP instructional cooking videos demonstrate the preparation and portion sizes of USDA standardized recipes for two age groups, children 3-5 and 6-18 years of age.

This CACFP cooking video demonstrates the quick-and-easy preparation of the USDA standardized recipe for Baked Carrot Fries with Yogurt-Sunflower Seed Butter Dip for children 6 through 18 years of age.

This Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) cooking video demonstrates the quick-and-easy preparation of the USDA standardized recipe for Baked Tilapia Fish Fillets for children 3 through 5 years of age.

The CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Milk Aid is a quick visual reminder of the different milk requirements under the meal patterns in the CACFP.

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

The Food Buying Guide for child nutrition programs has all of the current information in one manual to help you and your purchasing agent buy the right amount of food and the appropriate type of food for your program(s), and determine the specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements.