Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers--How To

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Meal Patterns for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers

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
- Resource List for Special Diets in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
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)