How To
Crediting Foods | Meal Service | Menu Planning
Crediting Foods in Adult Day Care Centers
- CSDE Guide: Guide to Meeting the CACFP Adult Meal Patterns and Crediting Requirements
- 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 Adult Day Care Centers
- CSDE Guide: Guide to Meal Service Requirements for 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 in 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 Menu Planning for Child Nutrition 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
- CSDE Guide: Guide to Meeting the CACFP Adult Meal Patterns and Crediting Requirements
- 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
- Special Diets
- Sugar Limit for Breakfast Cereals and Yogurt
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)