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CACFP | Adult Day Care Centers | Forms | Operational Memos | Resources

The links below provide information on federal and state requirements and guidance for adult day care centers participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

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A

• Accommodating Special Diets (refer to Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers)
• Acronyms and Abbreviations for the CACFP (CSDE)
• Adult Day Care Centers (USDA)
• Adult Day Care Handbook (USDA)
• Agreements for the CACFP (refer to CNP System)
• Allergies (refer to Food Allergies)
• And Justice for All Civil Rights Poster (USDA Form AD-475A)
  Contact CSDE CACFP Staff to obtain copies of this poster
• Authorized Signature Change Form and Instructions (CSDE)

B

• 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
• Breakfast (refer to Meal Patterns)
• Building for the Future Poster (USDA)

C

• CACFP Handbooks (USDA)
• CACFP Promotional Flier (USDA)
• Calendar: CSDE Calendar of Training and Meetings
• Celiac Disease (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
• Child Nutrition (CN) Labels
  • Child Nutrition (CN) Labeling (USDA)
  • Crediting Commercial Processed Products (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
  • Using Child Nutrition (CN) Labels in the CACFP (CSDE)
• Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Child Nutrition Sharing Site (ICN)
• Choking Prevention (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Claims
  • Claims for the CACFP (refer to CNP System)
  • Claim Submission Schedule for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• CNP System: Connecticut Online Application and Claiming System for Child Nutrition Programs
• Contact Information for CACFP Staff (CSDE webpage)
• Contract with Food Service Management Company (refer to Food Service Management Company)
• Coronavirus (refer to Operating Child Nutrition Programs during COVID-19 Outbreaks)
• Crediting Foods 
  • Crediting Commercial Processed Products in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
  • Crediting Foods Made from Scratch in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
  • Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
  • Crediting Handbook for the CACFP (USDA)
  • Crediting Summary Charts for the CACFP Adult Meal Patterns (CSDE)
• Crediting Handbook for the CACFP (USDA)

D

• Diabetes (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers)
• Dietary Guidance (refer to Resource List for Dietary Guidance and Nutrition Information)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans (USDA)
• Disaster Response (USDA Memo SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014 and SFSP 18-2014: Disaster Response)
• Disclosure Requirements for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA Memo SP 16-2016, CACFP 06-2016 and SFSP 10-2016: Disclosure Requirements for the Child Nutrition Programs)
• Donating Foods (USDA Memo SP 11-2012, CACFP 05-2012 and SFSP 07-2012: Guidance on the Food Donation Program in Child Nutrition Programs)

F

• Facts About the Adult Component of the CACFP (USDA)
• Family Style Meals (refer to USDA Memo CACFP 05-2017: Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program)
• Financial Management 
  • Financial Management Instruction for the CACFP (FNS 796-2 Revision 4)
  • Financial Management Resources (refer to Resource List for Child Nutrition Programs)
• Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Instructions (USDA)
• Food Allergies (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers)
• Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) (USDA National Agricultural Library)
• Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
• Food Distribution Program (USDA Foods)
• Food Labels
  • Food Labels and Nutrition (FDA)
  • More resources for food labels (refer to Resource List for Dietary Guidance and Nutrition Information)
• Food Production (refer to Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs)
• Food Recalls
  • Food Recalls (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
  • Food Safety
    • Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
    • Resource List for Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
  • Food Service Management Company (CSDE webpage)
  • Forms for CACFP Adult Centers ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage))
  • Fruits Component ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)

G

• Geographic Preference (refer to Procurement )
• Gluten Intolerance (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Grains Component
• Grains Component ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Grain Ounce Equivalents for the CACFP (CSDE)
• USDA Memo CACFP 02-2017: Grain Requirements in the CACFP: Q&As
• USDA Memo CACFP 16-2017: Grain-Based Desserts in the CACFP: Q&As
• Whole Grain-rich Criteria for the CACFP (CSDE)
• Guides (refer to Manuals and Guides for Child Nutrition Programs)

H

• Handwashing (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Health Inspections (USDA Memo CACFP 05-2015 and SFSP 07-2015: Health and Safety Inspection Requirements)

I

• Income Guidelines for Child Nutrition Programs

J

• Juice (refer to Crediting Juice in the CACFP)

L

• Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
• Legumes
  • Crediting Legumes in the CACFP (CSDE)
  • Refer to "Legumes (Beans/Peas)" in the CSDE's Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs
• Limited English Proficiency (LEP) (CSDE's Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Lunch (refer to Meal Patterns)

M

• Management Improvement (USDA)
• Manuals and Guides for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Meal Modifications (refer to Special Diets)
• Meal Patterns
  • CACFP Meal Patterns for Adults (CSDE)
  • CSDE Guide: Meal Pattern Requirements for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers
  • Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
• Meat/Meat Alternates Component ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Medical Statements (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers)
• Meal Service (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Care Centers webpage)
• Menu Planning
  • Menu Forms for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Care Centers webpage)
  • Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
  • Planning Healthy Meals in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
  • Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
  • Sample Menus for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Care Centers webpage)
• Milk Component ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Milk Substitutes
  • Allowable Milk Substitutes for Participants without Disabilites in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
  • USDA Memo CACFP 17-2016: Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in the CACFP
• Monitoring
  • Five-day Reconciliation (USDA Memo CACFP 10-2018: Conducting Five-day Reconciliation in the CACFP)
  • Monitoring Review Form for CACFP Centers (CSDE)
• MyPlate (USDA)

N

• Newsletters for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
• Noncreditable Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
• Nondiscrimination Statements (USDA and CSDE)
• Nutrient Analysis
  • FoodData Central: Nutrient Database (USDA)
  • Refer to "Nutrient Analysis" in the CSDE's Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs
• Nutrition Education and Information
  • Nutrition Education (CSDE)
  • Nutrition Information (refer to Resource List for Dietary Guidelines and Nutrition Information)
  • Resource List for Nutrition Education (CSDE)
  • Resources for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Nutrition Standards for the CACFP
  • Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks (USDA)
  • USDA Final Rule (81 FR 24347): CACFP Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
  • USDA Final Rule Correction (81 FR 75671): CACFP Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the HHFKA of 201
  • USDA Memo CACFP 08-2017: Questions and Answers on the Updated Meal Pattern Requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program

O

• Offer Versus Serve (OVS) 
  • Offer Versus Serve in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
  • USDA Memo CACFP 05-2017: Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
• Online Agreements and Claiming (refer to CNP System)
• Operational Memoranda for the CACFP (CSDE)
• Operating Child Nutrition Programs during COVID-19 Outbreaks (CSDE webpage)

P

• Policies for Special Diets  (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Centers webpage)
• Policy Memos for the CACFP (USDA)
• Portion Control (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Procurement
  • Geographic Preference (CSDE's Procurement for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
  • USDA Memo CACFP 03-2016: Procurement Standards and Resource Management Requirements related to Franchise Agreements
  • USDA Memo CACFP 09-2008 and SFSP 08-2008: Simplified Acquisition Threshold
  • USDA Memo SP 02-2010, CACFP 02-2010 and SFSP 02-2010: Procurement Questions
  • USDA Memo SP 02-2016, CACFP 02-2016 and SFSP 02-2016: Questions and Answers on the Transition to and Implementation of 2 CFR Part 200
  • USDA Memo SP 12-2016, CACFP 05-2016 and SFSP 09-2016:Guidance on Competitive Procurement Standards for Program Operators
  • USDA Memo July 27, 2005: Procurement Questions – Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
• Product Formulation Statements
  • USDA PFS forms (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
  • Using Product Formulation Statements in the CACFP (CSDE)
• Production Records for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)

Q

• Qualified Food Operator (QFO) (CSDE's Food Safety Child Nutrition Programs webpage)

R

• Recipes
  • Crediting Foods Made from Scratch (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
  • Recipes (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
  • Standardized Recipe Form for the CACFP (CSDE)
• Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs
  • Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
  • Regulations for the CACFP (7 CFR 226) (USDA)
• Reimbursement Rates for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Resource Lists
  • Resources for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
  • Resources for the CACFP Meal Patterns (CSDE)

S

• Sample Menus (refer to Menu Planning)
• Snack (refer to Meal Patterns)
• Special Diets
  • Policies for Special Diets (refer to Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Centers)
  • Resource List for Special Diets in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
  • Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
• Standard Operating Procedures (ICN)
• Standardized Recipes (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Sugar Limits for the CACFP (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Supply Chain Issues (CSDE's Operating Child Nutrition Programs during COVID-19 Outbreaks webpage)

T

• Team Nutrition (USDA)
• Temperatures for food safety (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Thermometers (CSDE's Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Training for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)

U

• USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
• USDA Foods (refer to Food Distribution Program)
• USDA Policy Memoranda (refer to Policy Memos for the CACFP)
• USDA CACFP Regulations (refer to Regulations for the CACFP (7 CFR 226))

V

• Vegetables 
  • Vegetable and Fruit Requirements in the CACFP: Q&As (USDA Memo CACFP 09-2017)
  • Vegetables Component ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
  • Vegetable Subgroups in the CACFP (CSDE)
• Vegetarian Meals (refer to Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs)
• Vending Machines (refer to USDA Memo SP 28-2016, CACFP 09-2016 and SFSP 11-2016:FDA Requirements for Vending Machines)
• Vendors (refer to Food Service Management Company)

W

• Webinars (refer to Training for Child Nutrition Programs)
• Weights and Measures (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Whole Grain-rich Requirement for the CACFP (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)

Y

• Yield Study Data Form (CSDE)