Below is a descriptive list of workshop content that we expect to be available at our Annual CACFP Conference. This is not a schedule of workshops (that will get released in late summer/early fall 2024), and this is not an exhaustive list -- we welcome different and new ideas! Our conference workshops will highlight community-based experiences, best practices, academic research, policy guidance, and lots of fresh thinking. CACFP Roundtable will work with our presenters to incorporate the basic tennets of adult learning, with a goal that each presentation is engaging and fun.

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Program Operations

• Best practices for operating your CACFP program

• Implementation of federal and state policies

• Returning to pre-pandemic rules

• Innovative application of practice

• Budgeting, serious deficiency, program integrity, monitoring, procurement, preparing for reviews

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Nutrition & Eating Environments 

• Best practices for meal service

• Addressing special dietary needs during meal service, such as allergies and parent preferences

• Food safety, meal planning, menu planning, shopping on a budget

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Advocacy, Research, & Outreach​​​

• Advocacy for child nutrition, access to equitable meals and CACFP

• Educating the public about CACFP

• Recruiting providers and programs to get back on the CACFP

• Strategies for fundraising, including innovative partnerships and programs

• New and recent research related to the field of CACFP

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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

This intersectional track will explore CACFP and... 

• Race, gender, nativism, ability differences, LGBTQIA+, and other social identities

• Economic and poverty-related factors

• Culturally competent meal service and business practices

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Professional Growth & Self Care

• Innovation and best practices that support your staff, sites, and the community in our “new normal,” including mental health supports, and more​

• Supporting professional development throughout the different aspects of the CACFP

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