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Every year in July USDA publishes in the Federal Register the new CACFP reimbursement rates. Read the notice here and see the table...

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)...

Last week, we partnered with food access advocates across the state of California to discuss with Stacy Dean, Deputy Undersecretary at...

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

On June 11th, USDA issued Questions and Answers for Child Nutrition Program Operations in School Year 2021-2022 to clarify questions that...

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!

Below is some text CACFP Sponsors, family child care provider associations, child care resource and referral (CCR&Rs) other provider...

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...

New Job Alert! Branch Chief of CACFP

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...

On April 19th, USDA published a Q&A regarding "Child Nutrition Program Oversight, Administration, and Reporting During COVID-19." The Q&A...

In a blog post on May 4th, the Urban Institute argues that barriers need to be removed so that more home-based child care providers can...

Thank you for taking action! Last week we asked you to take action and endorse a CACFP bill, Access to Healthy Food For Young Children...

On April 20th, USDA announced a new suite of waivers for child nutrition programs, including CACFP. The California Department of...