How To

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 Made from Scratch (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
• Water Availability
  • Offering Water in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
  • USDA Memo CACFP 18-2016: Water Availability in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • USDA Memo CACFP 20-2016: Resources for Making Potable Water Available in Schools and Child Care Facilities
  • "Water Availability" in CSDE's Resource List for Child Nutrition Programs

Menu Planning for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers

Cycle Menus  |   Menu Planning Guidance  |   Menu Planning Training

Cycle Menus

• CACFP Fact Sheet: Cycle Menus (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• CARE Connection Online Training: Planning Cycle Menus in Child Care (Institute of Child Nutrition) 
• Recipes for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
• Snack Inspiration: Menus with 240 Snack Ideas (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)

Menu Planning Guidance

• Best Practices: USDA Memo CACFP 15-2016: Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern 
• Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE 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 webpage)
• Sample CACFP Adult Center Menus ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
• Snack: Serving Snacks in the CACFP (USDA)
• Resource Lists
  • Resource List for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
  • Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
  • Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
  • Resources for the CACFP Meal Patterns (CSDE)
• Special Diets
  • Resource List for Special Diets in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
  • Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
• Sugar Limit for Breakfast Cereals and Yogurt
  • Calculating Sugar Limits for Breakfast Cereals in the CACFP (USDA)
  • Calculating Sugar Limits for Yogurt in the CACFP (USDA)
  • Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars (USDA)
  • Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars (USDA)

Menu Planning Training

• CACFP Cooking Videos (USDA webpage)
• CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinar Series: Topics related to the CACFP meal pattern requirements (USDA)
• CACFP Meal Pattern Training Slides (USDA webpage)
• CACFP Training Tools (USDA webpage)
• CARE Connection Online Training: Step-by-Step Menu Planning (Institute of Child Nutrition) 
• More training: Training for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)