CACFP Updates for 2/8/2018: Posters; USDA Webinars; Farm to CACFP; CACFP Manual Updates; Iowa Learning Online Update; Crediting Cheese; CACFP Conference; Claim Calendar; Past Memos and Updates
FY 2018 Bureau Notes - February 8, 2018
Bureau updates will be posted here. This may take a few days.
USDA News
Meal Pattern Posters
Serve Tasty and Healthy Foods in the CACFP Sample Meal Posters are now available. Click here to order.
CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays
Webinars are held the third Thursday of every month.
Register here for the next webinar: Meal Planning for the CACFP
Thursday, February 15, 2018
1:00 to 1:30 PM CST (English)
2:00 to 2:30 PM CST (Spanish)
The upcoming CACFP Halftime webinar will focus on different meal planning techniques that can be used to serve healthy and appealing meals and snacks that meet CACFP and Preschool meal pattern requirements.
Future webinar topics:
- Identify Foods That Are Whole Grain-Rich (March 15)
- Grain-Based Desserts in the CACFP
- How to Serve Meat and Meat Alternates Instead of Grains at Breakfast
- Offer Versus Serve in the CACFP
- Recipe Development and Crediting
- Meal Pattern for 13-18 Year Old Age Group
- Feeding Infants in the CACFP
Previous CACFP Halftime webinars were recorded and are now available on the Team Nutrition website:
- Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars
- Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars
- Serving Milk in the CACFP
Farm to CACFP News
Interested in farm to early care and education? The Iowa Farm to School Coalition is pleased to invite you to the 2018 Iowa Farm to School Conference to share ideas, resources, and successes to help grow the farm to school and farm to early care and education movement in Iowa. Registration fee will be minimal (approx. $20).
Evening Social Gathering: June 28, 2018
Full Conference Day: June 29, 2018
Location: FFA Enrichment Center - 1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy, Ankeny
Other Farm to CACFP Resources
Iowa Department of Education Farm to CACFP webpage
Big Garden is an organization in Omaha that will go into schools and teach classes for 10 weeks, plant school gardens and a host of other things.
United Way of Central Iowa is offering Community Garden Mini Grants for Spring 2018 in partnership with Eat Greater Des Moines. Community organizations located in Polk, Dallas or Warren County are eligible to apply for the mini grants. Click here for more information and to apply. Applications are due by February 19, 2018. Funding will be released beginning March 12, 2018.
Questions: contact Vanessa Sedrel 515-246-2512 or Erin Drinnin 515-246-6518
Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services News
CACFP Administrative Manual Updates
As you know, keeping up with changes in CACFP is a moving target. The CACFP Administrative Manual (seventh edition), published this summer and mailed to organizations, has been updated. Updated chapters (1, 2, 5, and Appendix C) will soon be posted in IowaCNP Download Forms by chapter, and are currently available within the Iowa CACFP Steps to Success online workshop modules. Please print the updated chapters and replace them in your manual. The chapters are dated to distinguish them from prior versions.
Highlighted Changes:
Chapter 1 - includes changes in staff contact information and updated chapter outline.
Chapter 2 - the information about medical diet modification requests; the Diet Modification Request Form; 1-18 child meal pattern; and the Handy Guide to Creditable Foods have been updated. Note: the serving size for tofu at snack was incorrect on the meal pattern chart.
Appendix C - the chapter outline and Infant Reimbursable Foods list have been updated. Note: Graham crackers without honey and animal crackers are reimbursable for infants.
Chapter 5 - the Cost Claim Details Monthly Worksheet has been revised for ease of use. The form is available in fillable pdf that auto-calculates. It is located in Module 7 of the online Steps to Success course under "Printable Forms". It will soon be added to IowaCNP Download Forms - Form ID CACFP060.
The updated Handy Guide to Creditable Foods, Infant Reimbursable Foods List, and Diet Modification Request Form are available in IowaCNP Download Forms as individual documents, within their respective manual chapter, and in the Iowa CACFP Steps to Success online modules under "Printable Forms".
Iowa Learning Online Update: An enrollment key is no longer required to complete the CACFP Steps to Success or CACFP Wellness Modules. Click here to login or create an account for the first time.
Crediting Cheese in the CACFP has always been challenging and confusing. Serving sizes differ for different types of cheese and some cheese is not creditable. A Cheese Crediting Chart showing creditable and non-creditable cheese, serving sizes, and photos of actual products will be posted in Download Forms - Form ID CACFPMP29. Thanks to Libby Underwood at Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) for assisting with the development of this resource.
CACFP Conference: Leading the Way - Healthy Habits for a New Generation (Previously CACFP Short Course - combined conference in 2018 with CACFP Home Sponsors)
Date: April 25-26, 2018
Location: Hope Lutheran Church, 925 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines
Agenda: The agenda is focused on topics and resources for continued implementation of the new meal pattern (including infants), and creating a healthy mealtime environment. We have invited the USDA regional office nutritionists to be guest speakers for several sessions. Sample USDA recipes for lunch on both days, learn about the new interactive Food Buying Guide, and network with your colleagues from around the State.
Pre-conference: CACFP Basics for new center directors and other interested staff. April 24, 1-4 pm, Grimes State Office Building, Room B-100.
Registration information will be provided in March.
Free poster: 5-2-1-0, Build a Healthy Lunch is a nationally recognized program that features a proven way to help kids remember how to have fun while practicing healthy habits. The program encourages 5 or more fruit and vegetables, 2 hours or less of screen time, 1 hour or more of physical activity, and 0 sugary drinks per day. 5-2-1-0 posters are available courtesy of the Iowa Department of Public Health. Click here to order by email. Include the poster name, quantity requested and your shipping address.
Don't miss a claim! If you haven't done so already, be sure to post the fiscal year (FY) 2017-2018 Claims Calendar by your computer. The calendar provides claim due dates. The calendar can is available in IowaCNP Download Forms - Form ID CACFP020.
Past Memos and Updates for fiscal year 2016 and part of 2017 will soon be deleted from the Iowa Department of Education website. Past and current USDA memos can be found here. USDA updates have been incorporated into the CACFP Administrative Manual.
Robin Holz, MS, RDN
CACFP Lead Consultant, Centers
Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services
400 E 14th St
Des Moines 50319
Phone: 515-281-3484
Fax: 515-242-5988
Iowa Department of Education Website
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