Recording & Resources: Pop-Up Government Shutdown and CACFP
- Samantha Marshall
- 25 minutes ago
- 3 min read
Yesterday, October 30th, hundreds of people came together to have a better understanding of threats to and resources for meals on the tables in care settings and families homes. We talked about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). We will be reconvening to have more conversation among community members during breakout sessions by type of program operating CACFP on November 6th at 1:00 p.m. pacific time. If you want to talk to your colleagues, register here.
View the recording here.
List of links and resources shared here. This is a community document; please add your resources.
Follow-up meeting next week. Pop-Up Zoom Meeting: Breakout Room Follow-Up Conversation, CACFP and Food Access
Questions, concerns, thoughts? email me: samantha@cacfproundtable.org
Summary of what was discussed at the meeting.
Jodi, with the National CACFP Forum, and Elyse with the CACFP Roundtable, kicked us off with updates about the status of the shutdown and the importance of community coming together to support each other so we can best support those we serve.
Clarissa with the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) shared about the threats to SNAP households with this government shutdown and action we can take to tell the government to do the right thing and fund SNAP.
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) November SNAP Benefits Digital Toolkit - Google Drive
State Anti-Hunger Organizations - Food Research & Action Center
Adu, with the National WIC Association, shared about the status of WIC and what they're doing to track funding to states. A big message here is that WIC recipients should still be going to clinics and WIC is still enrolling new participants. There is federal advocacy to do to ensure this program continues to be funded beyond November.
National WIC Association nwica.salsalabs.org/publicfundthegovernment2026/index.html
California WIC, California Department of Health: WIC Services and Federal Budget Updates
WIC Action Network Mtg: WAN is an opportunity to hear policy updates from NWA staff, connect with colleagues and partners from across the country, and provide a routine forum to ask questions and engage in all things WIC education and policy. Registration link here.
Samantha, with the CACFP Roundtable, shared that we know that USDA has declared they have chosen to "transfer 23 billion dollars from its annual Section 32 tariff funds" to fund the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast, and CACFP. She also shared that states are reporting they have received their funds to pay November claims in December. We talked about the impact on virtual monitoring waivers and reviews, and that pooling our advocacy resources for the programs under attack is the most important thing to do in this moment.
Information shared in blog form
California CDSS CACFP Branch update about funding in written form
CACFP - the whole programÂ
CACFP Roundtable Blog: https://www.cacfproundtable.org/post/update-government-shutdown-cacfp
NPA: http://www.cacfpnpa.org/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=
CACFP - Adult Care!Â
CACFP - school age!Â
Afterschool Alliance: https://www.afterschoolalliance.org/afterschoolSnack/ASnack.cfmÂ
CACFP - child care!Â
Two short videos to try to piece together the worry this week about food, and having enough to eat, and how that may be playing out in early care programs.
This video, posted Saturday 10/25, includes a short explanation of the USDA lapse in funding plan and what we do and don’t know about CACFP in the federal government shutdown
This one, posted Tuesday 10/28, is about SNAP, grocery worries this week and coming up fast in November, and the child care workforce.
Gabby from the California Association of Food Banks shared the importance of knowing food banks are a resource, but also knowing they can't fill the gap in meals for families that these policy choices are creating.
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