February, 2019

The CACFP Team Nutrition monthly newsletter provides information on nutrition and physical activity for young children, trainings and funding opportunities, resources, and success stories from Iowa CACFP programs working to support healthy habits.

Stay Connected! Iowa Department of Education - Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services

Facebook: @IowaCACFP  Email: patti.delger@iowa.gov  

CACFP Week March 17-23, 2019 Raise awareness of how the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program brings healthy foods to tables across the country for children in child care centers, homes, and afterschool programs.  Visit the National CACFP Sponsors Association and utilize the Iowa CACFP Week 2019 Coloring Sheet to help you celebrate and share with families that your child care participates in CACFP.

Spread Awareness During CACFP Week  (March 17-23) Share Nibbles for Health Nutrition Newsletters with parents of young children (in English and Spanish). Sign up to be a Team Nutrition CACFP Organization. (Use your 9-digit EIN number in place of DUNS number if needed) Display Breastfed Babies Welcome Here! poster at your child care site.

Healthy, Happy Hearts! Oelwein Head Start is offering an afternoon of fun and physically active games to parents and children on February 14th. Parents and children will participate in activity stations designed to engage children’s minds and bodies! Families will also prepare easy after-school snacks with Vicki Starks, Farm-to-Early Childhood Education Specialist.

CACFP Conference - Save the Date Home Sponsor Conference - April 30th, at Polk County ISU Extension, Adventureland Drive, Altoona (Pre-Conference on April 29th) Home Sponsor and Center Conference: Tools for Your Trade - May 1st at Lutheran Church of Hope, Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines Center CACFP Conference: Tools for Your Trade - May 2nd at Lutheran Church of Hope CACFP Center Basics - May 3rd at Grimes State Office Building in Des Moines

Iowa Farm to School and ECE Conference You are invited to attend the Iowa Farm to School Conference on June 21-22, 2019. If you’re engaged in farm to early care and education programming, consider submitting a proposal to present a workshop at the conference!  Proposals will be accepted through March 1, 2019.

What Makes a Garden Grow? The preschool children at Grin & Grow Child Care in Waterloo are learning how sweet potatoes grow in the ground. Miss Tara is teaching Team Nutrition's Grow It, Try It, Like It curriculum and the children are having fun making sweet potato windsocks! The Grow It, Try It, Like It kits are available free from Team Nutrition.

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter ad- dressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the com- plaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Ave SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
2. Fax: (202) 690-7442
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Iowa Nondiscrimination Statement

It is the policy of this CNP provider not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or religion in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code section 216.6, 216.7, and 216.9. If you have questions or grievances related to compliance with this policy by this CNP Provider, please contact the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Grimes State Office Building, 400 E 14th St, Des Moines, IA 50319-1004; phone numbers 515-281-4121 or 800-457-4416; website: https://icrc.iowa.gov/.