Related Resources
Crediting Foods | Meal Service | Menu Planning
Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers
- Crediting Commercial Processed Products (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
- Crediting Foods Prepared on Site (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
- Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
- Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
- CSDE Operational Memo No. 7A, 9C-16 and 9H-16: Requirements for Documenting CACFP Meal Pattern Contribution of Processed Foods
Meal Service in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers
- Offer versus Serve (OVS)
- Offer versus Serve in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
- USDA Memo CACFP 05-17: Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Menu Planning for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers
- Best Practices
- CACFP Best Practices (English) (USDA)
- CACFP Best Practices (Spanish): Programa de comidas para niños y adultos: Buenas practicas (USDA)
- USDA Memo CACFP 15-2016: Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern
- Cycle Menus
- CACFP Fact Sheet: Cycle Menus (ICN)
- CARE Connection Online Training: Planning Cycle Menus in Child Care (ICN)
- Cycle Menus for Child Care: Preschoolers (ICN)
- Snack Inspiration (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) 240 snack ideas that meet the CACFP snack meal pattern
- Menu Planning Guidance
- Menu Planning Basics: A Guide for CACFP Operators in Child Care (ICN): English and Spanish
- Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Sample CACFP Menus (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
- Nutrition Facts Label
- Reading Food Labels for Allergens (Documents/Forms section of CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
- Using the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP (USDA)
- Recipes
- Recipes for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
- Resource Lists
- Snack
- Serving Snacks in the CACFP (USDA)
- Special Diets
- Sugar Limits for the CACFP
- Breakfast Cereals
- Yogurt
- Training
- CACFP Cooking Videos (USDA)
- CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinar Series: Topics related to the CACFP meal pattern requirements (USDA)
- CACFP Meal Pattern Training Slides (USDA)
- CACFP Training Tools (USDA)
- CARE Connection Online Training: Step-by-Step Menu Planning (ICN)
- Vegetables
- Special Diets
- Sugar Limits for the CACFP
- Breakfast Cereals
- Yogurt
For more resources, visit the CSDE’s Resources for Child Nutrition Programs webpage.