Overview
School Nutrition Programs | CACFP | SFSP
The training resources below provide information and guidance on the federal and state requirements for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) school nutrition programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The school nutrition programs include the Afterschool Snack Program (ASP, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP, and Special Milk Program (SMP).
NSLP and SBP | FFVP | CACFP | SFSP
Training for the NSLP and SBP
- Applications: Determining Eligibility in the School Nutrition Programs and Summer Food Service Program training modules(CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Module 1: Introduction to Application Certification and Verification
- Module 2: Processing Applications
- Module 3: Direct Certification
- Module 4: Test Your Knowledge About Processing Applications
- Module 5: Confidentiality and Disclosure
- Civil Rights Training: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- CSDE Update: SNACT Conference (October 14, 2022)
- Emergency Operating Costs: Child Nutrition Emergency Operational Cost Reimbursement Program: School Nutrition Programs
- Food Service Management Companies: FSMC Request for Proposal (RFP) Process Training, February 3, 2022 (Contracts in School Nutrition Programs section of CSDE's FSMC webpage)
- Healthy Food Certification (HFC): Complying with Healthy Food Certification training modules (Related Resources section of CSDE's HFC webpage)
- Meal Patterns
- Multiple NSLP and SBP Topics
- School Lunch Tray Table Talk: School Lunch Tray and Table Talk (CSDE webpage)
- Special Diets (Meal Modifications)
- Food Allergies: Training Resources for Food Allergies (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Training for Meal Modifications section of CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Verification: Determining Eligibility in the School Nutrition Programs and Summer Food Service Program training modules (CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Module 6: Verification
- Module 7: Completing the FNS 742 Verification Summary Report
Training for the FFVP
- Annual Training: Annual Training for the FFVP (CSDE)
- Civil Rights: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
Training for the CACFP
- Civil Rights: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays webinar series (USDA Team Nutrition)
- CACFP Meal Pattern Training Slides (USDA)
- Multiple CACFP Topics:
- Special Diets (Meal Modifications)
- Food Allergies: Training Resources for Food Allergies (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
- Requirements for Meal Modifications in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
- Requirements for Meal Modifications in CACFP Child Care Programs (CSDE)
Training for the SFSP
- Annual Training: SFSP Annual Sponsor Training (CSDE)
- Applications: Determining Eligibility in the School Nutrition Programs and Summer Food Service Program training modules(CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Module 1: Introduction to Application Certification and Verification
- Module 2: Processing Applications
- Module 3: Direct Certification
- Module 4: Test Your Knowledge About Processing Applications
- Module 5: Confidentiality and Disclosure
- Civil Rights: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Multiple SFSP Topics:
- SSO and SFSP Program Operations: Overcoming Challenges and Feeding Kids during a Pandemic, January 14, 2021 (CSDE)
- Presentation (Note: CSDE presentation starts 1½ hours from the beginning of the SNACT conference)
- Presentation slides