Training for Child Nutrition Programs

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).


Training Tips


Training for All Child Nutrition Programs  |   NSLP and SBP Training
FFVP Training  |   CACFP Training  |   SFSP Training


Training for All Child Nutrition Programs


Child Nutrition (CN) Labels and Product Formulation Statements

Crediting Foods: Crediting Updates for Child Nutrition Programs: Be in the Know! Webinar Series (USDA)

Culinary Skills

Food Buying Guide

NSLP and SBP Training

Applications for Free and Reduced-price Meals or Free Milk

Civil Rights Training: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)

Communication and Marketing

Food Service Management Company Contracts: FSMC Request for Proposal (RFP) Process Training (Contracts in School Nutrition Programs section of CSDE's FSMC webpage)

Healthy Food Certification (HFC)

Meal Patterns and Offer versus Service (OVS)

Multiple Topics

Nutrition: Nutrition 101: A Taste of Food and Fitness (Institute of Child Nutrition)

Procurement: Training on Procurement (CSDE's Procurement for School Nutrition Programs webpage)

Professional Standards: Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT) Recorded Webinars (USDA)

School Lunch Tray Table Talk: School Lunch Tray and Table Talk (CSDE webpage)

SNACT Conference

SSO

 

Special Diets (Meal Modifications)

Verification

FFVP Training

Annual Training: Annual Training for the FFVP (CSDE's FFVP webpage)

Civil Rights Training: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)


CACFP Training

CACFP Meal Patterns

Civil Rights: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)

Cooking: CACFP Cooking Videos (USDA)

Infants: Infant Meal Pattern Requirements Training

Multiple Topics

Special Diets (Meal Modifications)

SFSP Training

Administration

Annual Training: SFSP Annual Sponsor Training ("Related Resources" section of CSDE's SFSP webpage)

Applications for Free and Reduced-price Meals or Free Milk

Civil Rights: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)

Food Safety: Food Safety for Summer Meals (Institute of Child Nutrition) 

Multiple Topics