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Pop-Up Zoom Meeting: On-Site Claims Verification/Validation Reviews (CDSS Notice) 🗓️ Thursday at 11:00 AM Pacific | 📍 Zoom ⭐  Free for CACFP Roundtable Members   🏷️  $25.00 Non-members   Register here Our communities are facing uncertainty and hardship in a number of ways. This week, California Department of Social Services - CACFP Branch, sent an email to all California CACFP Sponsors and facilities sharing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Servic

Mealtime Memo February Mealtime Memo focuses on using protein in CACFP meals. In case you missed it, the January one was about how nutrition supports the healthy growth and development of children's minds. You can find both of those Mealtime Memos and all of the others here . CACFP 101 Webinar Stretch your food budget while still serving meals kids and adults love! Join us for CACFP: Healthy and Affordable – Serving CACFP Meals and Snacks on a Budget on February 17 at 3 PM ES

The 2026 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) rates have been published by USDA. Table from fns.USDA.gov : https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sunmeals/fr-020426 The rates are annually adjusted each year and reflect the changes in the Consumer Price Index, Food Away from Home series. There was an increase in rates ranging from a 4-cent increase to a 19-cent increase, the average, as FNS USDA state,s is a 3.7 percent increase from last year. Shown above are the combined rates of op

"...[T]he flexibilities implemented were associated with a plateau in participation among Tier I providers, whereas an increasing participation trend was observed among Tier II providers, the group that received the most significant increase in reimbursements" ( Matias, et al. 2026). A trend analysis of licensed family child care providers in California that participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) displays what many of us assumed in the CACFP community -