Growing Our Voice: Powering Up on the Proposed USDA Meal Pattern Rule

Session 3: How the Anticipated Proposed Meal Pattern Rule Could Shape CACFP

This session focuses on what the anticipated proposed meal pattern changes could mean for CACFP operators, sponsors, educators, and the communities they serve. We’ll walk through what we know so far about the potential impacts—both practical and programmatic—and create space to listen to questions and concerns from the field. This conversation helps ground our future comments in real experiences and shared insight. 

Description of Series

Growing Our Voice is a recurring learning series designed to help our community understand, navigate, and confidently respond to the anticipated proposed rule that will change the meal pattern for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Each session will focus on easily digestible information to help us understand the commenting process, share what we hear is going to be in the proposed new meal pattern rule, and hear your thoughts as we…