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4 Bills Reintroduced in Congress to Strengthen CACFP
You might remember last year, there were four bills (with just two names in the House and Senate) we were excited to advocate for support...

Samantha Marshall
Apr 113 min read
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Meet the CACFP Family Child Care Steering Committee Leading the Community of Wellness!
One year ago, this group of women chose to volunteer their time to create a space for family child care providers to join together over...

Samantha Marshall
Mar 197 min read
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CACFP operators need an additional meal and Sponsors of homes are experiencing challenges: Two research briefs
CACFP Roundtable has been working with the  Nutrition Policy Institute out of the University of California Agriculture and Natural...

Samantha Marshall
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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Virtual/Remote Monitoring Waiver for Sponsors of Homes Approval and Guidance in CA
Good news for sponsors of family child care homes in California! On October 28th, CDSS CACFP Branch published guidance for Onsite...

Samantha Marshall
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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New Study: CACFP Family Child Care Home Providers' Perceptions of Impacts of Increased Meal & Snack Reimbursement during Pandemic
CACFP Roundtable loves research about CACFP. It serves as a pillar for advocacy, something for us to not conjecture or say we heard...

Samantha Marshall
Oct 4, 20241 min read
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Upcoming Webinar: Active Play with Mixed Age Groups
Do you work with mixed-age groups or support those who do? This webinar is for you ! Nemours: Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures, is joining...

Samantha Marshall
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Upcoming Events and Learning Opportunites for Family Child Care Providers in CACFP
There's so much to share for family child care providers at the moment, we thought we'd put it all in one place! These opportunities...

Samantha Marshall
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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New research brief explores perspectives on the Child and Adult Care Food Program’s serious deficiency process
New research brief explores perspectives on the Child and Adult Care Food Program’s serious deficiency process The federal Child and...

Samantha Marshall
Jul 3, 20241 min read
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USDA publishes two new studies focused on CACFP and child care participation
In June 2024, USDA published two studies. CACFP Family Day Care Home Participation Study CACFP Participation Among U.S. Child Care...

Samantha Marshall
Jul 1, 20242 min read
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Save the Date! 2024 Family Child Care Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Summit
This year, back by popular demand, is the Family Child Care Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Summit! Our inaugural event last year was a...

Samantha Marshall
May 21, 20242 min read
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Action Alert: 4/25 Food with Care is being heard by the CA Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 - provide your public comment
Senate Budget Sub-Committee #3 Health & Human Services Public Comment Template When:Â Thursday, April 25 @ 9:30am or upon adjournment of...

Samantha Marshall
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Child care/ECE dashboards and CACFP maps
As we all know the Child and Adult Care Food Program doesn't exist in a vacuum. Demographics, challenges, as well as investments, within...

Samantha Marshall
Jan 29, 20242 min read
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Heart of Food with Care: Miren Algorri
Written by Maryam Cheraghi Maryam served as a legislative intern at CACFP Roundtable in 2023 and studied Psychology and Applied...
Maryam Cheraghi
Dec 4, 20236 min read
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Research Brief: FCC Providers need more funding to provide healthy meals in CACFP
Our community knows how impactful CACFP meals are for children in care settings. They are healthy and many times are the only meals the...

Samantha Marshall
Oct 5, 20232 min read
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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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Culturally Inclusive Teaching in the Garden, a webinar series by KidsGardening
Kids Gardening has been hosting a series of webinars focused on culturally inclusive teaching in the garden. This month (tomorrow!) it is...

Samantha Marshall
Apr 24, 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 Proposed Rule: Action link to comment for family child care providers
Updated 3/29/2023 In February 2023, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a big proposal to revise school meals and CACFP Meal...

Samantha Marshall
Mar 28, 20234 min read
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Food w/Care: CA Assembly Human Services Policy Cmte. Hearing Social Media Toolkit for 3/28
Overview: On March 28, 2023, after 1:30 pm Food with Care (AB 679) will be discussed in the Assembly Human Services Committee. Food with...

Samantha Marshall
Mar 27, 20232 min read
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Federal Updates for Home-Based Child Care Providers
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and Home Grown have teamed up to provide updates on the latest federal developments for child...

Samantha Marshall
Aug 10, 20222 min read
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