Next week, we want everyone to tell their friends, neighbors, legislators, and entire community about the CACFP story during National CACFP Week.

Your work ensures that over 4.6 million children have access to healthy food. Celebrate with us!

As part of a recently proposed rule, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service team has asked for comments on allowing 2 oz eq of grain-based desserts per week in alignment with the National School Lunch program. Yes, that means granola bars would be reimbursable, but so too would be donuts, brownies, and other grain-based desserts not currently allowed.

We will be sharing our official comment letter and model comments soon. 

We are monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and encourage you to remind program operators and participants of these following key steps in the prevention of any virus:

• Wash your hands frequently.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you sneeze or cough.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched and used objects and surfaces.

Additionally, the Hyatt Regency Atlanta is committed to caring for our conference attendees and your safety and well-being is a top priority. We do not plan to cancel the conference and will continue working with their team to ensure specific precautionary measures are in place.

Chefables cultivates healthy young eaters by providing child inspired, chef created compliant meal programs and innovative food products that taste great and are good for you. Their fresh, nutrient dense, innovative meal programs and food products are custom tailored for childcare centers, preschools, and schools.

Next week, Team Nutrition will be releasing seven new training resources for the Child and Adult Care Community by email and on social media. Follow them or follow us as we repost these new tools!