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Focused on School Year 2021-2022, USDA has updated last year's resource providing guidance to CACFP operators who are serving bulk meals...

The CACFP Roundtable is excited to continue bringing our community together for informational sessions and dynamic conversations about...

Email from California Department of Education sent today, 8/2/2021, regarding Annual Applications Update. If you are not receiving these...

Today, we had an informational session with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), CACFP Branch to learn more about the...

Child care providers across California can now reclaim the state-funded reimbursement for meals served through the CACFP

This notification was sent out to the CACFP listserv with CDE yesterday July 12th. This Listserv notifies the Child and Adult Care Food...

Last week the transition we've all been talking about in California - CACFP from CDE to CDSS - happened! The new contact list has been...

Join the National CACFP Forum and the CACFP Roundtable for the CACFP Kid Ambassador Campaign. Together, we can lift up the voice of...

Discover how the Roundtable is supporting you through the CACFP-CDSS transition

Yesterday, the California Department of Education (CDE) sent out an email sharing the new contact information for Serious Deficiency (SD)...

In follow-up to the email titled Emergency Operating Costs Reimbursement (ECR) Programs sent June 7, 2021, the California Department of...

Final budget negotiations happening now! Yell it from the rooftops: CACFP & child care matter!!

In April USDA released a set of nationwide waivers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CDE has released their guidance on applying for the...

Copied below is the information and link in order to opt into the nationwide waivers issued by USDA in April. We are pulling up and out...

When Governor Newsome proposed to expand the current transitional kindergarten to children as young as 48 months old, the proposal was...

CA legislature has finalized a budget, now negotiations turn to the Governor. Make a call today to say CACFP and child care matter!

Yesterday, we had a dynamic discussion with leaders about the adult meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. We heard about lived...

Revised June 18, 2021 During the last week of May, the California Department of Education (CDE) Nutrition Services Division (NSD) held a...

Yesterday, June 1, 2021, the California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division (CDE/NSD) sent out further instructions to...

Updated 5/25/2021: CDE had to take the zoom links down from their website. If you are interested in participating in the CACFP Emergency...