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Today Marks the End of Increased CACFP Reimbursements as the Keep Kids Fed Act Expires
In June 2022, Congress took bold and quick action to pass the Keep Kids Fed Act. Congress passed this bipartisan legislation to respond...

Samantha Marshall
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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CACFP Virtual Monitoring: Different Needs = Needed Flexibility
In March we had our very first deliberative forum about remote/virtual monitoring. Aside from having an awesome time talking together and...

Samantha Marshall
May 18, 20231 min read
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Recording & Resources: Pandemic Era Flexibilities & Funding are Ending for CACFP
Last week Chad Montgomery Davis with USDA Western Region Office and Jessie Rosales with CDSS CACFP Branch joined the Roundtable and the...

Samantha Marshall
Apr 3, 20232 min read
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Changes coming this summer for CACFP family child care providers: tools to help communicate
There were a number of flexibilities that Congress and USDA put in place to help you serve meals through CACFP in a safe manner during...

Samantha Marshall
Mar 30, 20232 min read
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USDA Memos address the end of the public health emergency for CACFP
On February 15, 2023, USDA published two memos 1) regarding the end of offiste monitoring and 2) regarding emergency shelter...

Samantha Marshall
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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Urgent Action Needed from CACFP Community: Good News from the Hill
CACFP Roundtable commends Congress on their bipartisan effort to ensure children continue to be fed in schools and child care

Elyse Homel Vitale
Jun 22, 20222 min read
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Heart of Food with Care: Laura Diaz
For the second post in the blog series "Heart of Food with Care," we introduce Laura Diaz, a family child care provider.
Karen Madamba
Jun 16, 20226 min read
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Heart of Food with Care: Rhanda Ferro Jackson
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) must do more to meet the needs of child care providers and the children in their care.
Karen Madamba
Jun 6, 20226 min read
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Infant Formula Shortage and Recall Resources
Updated 6/10/2022 Below find a compilation of some helpful resources regarding the infant formula shortage emergency. New: CDPH updated...

Samantha Marshall
May 18, 20222 min read
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Food with Care Public Hearing
It's time to show your support again! On Wednesday (March 30), the California Senate Education Committee will take up SB 1481, Food with...

Elyse Homel Vitale
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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Tell Congress to Extend the Waivers
In order for USDA to continue to provide flexibilities to CACFP and other child nutrition programs, Congress needs to extend their...

Samantha Marshall
Mar 9, 20221 min read
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Study suggests CACFP sites may have a greater capacity to connect families to food resources
In a study published in September 2021, researchers posit that "CACFP participating sites were more likely to report using any approaches...

Samantha Marshall
Feb 22, 20221 min read
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Child Tax Credit and/or Earned Income Tax Credit Sharing Resources
Today is Child Tax Credit Day of Action! Here are some resources to share the information about the Child Tax Credit. The Baby's First...

Samantha Marshall
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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Share Your Story: Impact of the Child Nutrition Nationwide Waivers
Remember all of the waivers for CACFP over the last (almost) two years? Of course you do! The Food Research and Action Center is asking...

Samantha Marshall
Dec 7, 20212 min read
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CA - Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursements were disbursed to Sponsors on 11/23
On Tuesday, November 23, the California Department of Education (CDE) disbursed the ECR funds to eligible CACFP operators through CNIPS. ...

Samantha Marshall
Nov 29, 20211 min read
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USDA News: New Q&A and FY 2022 Census/Area Eligibility Data
Fiscal Year 2022 CACFP & SFSP Area Eligibility Data is Available At the start of every fiscal year, FNS releases a special tabulation of...

Samantha Marshall
Oct 4, 20212 min read
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CACFP Waiver Elections, SY 21/22 - updated guidance from CDE and CDSS
Yesterday, the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) sent out a listserv email...

Samantha Marshall
Sep 29, 20213 min read
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USDA Team Nutrition Updates Providing Multiple Meals at a Time for Children During COVID-19
Focused on School Year 2021-2022, USDA has updated last year's resource providing guidance to CACFP operators who are serving bulk meals...

Samantha Marshall
Sep 9, 20211 min read
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FRAC Releases Easy-to-Use Tier 1 For a Year Communications!
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) has put together a communications toolkit to help CACFP Sponsors and the CACFP community talk...

Samantha Marshall
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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USDA Providing Resources for Dynamic School Meals as the Nation Continues to Navigate COVID
These webinars (THIS WEEK) are specific to the National School Lunch Program. Many of our fellow CACFP operators also operate NSLP along...

Samantha Marshall
Aug 24, 20212 min read
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