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Register Now for Growing Our Voice: Powering Up on the Proposed USDA Meal Pattern Rule. Growing Our Voice is a recurring learning series designed by the CACFP Roundtable 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

Updated: 5/21/2026 with California CDSS CACFP Branch email addressing whole milk. Final Rule about Whole Milk USDA published the final rule "Expanding Fluid Milk Options in Child Nutrition Programs" last week. The rule becomes effective on June 8, 2026. This rule sets regulations around the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act and alignment with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030. The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act expands fluid milk options in the National School Lun

Update 2/27/2026: Update about what is happening with the Claims Validation Review and USDA FNS off-site and on-site visits. 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 e

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