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CACFP will return to bi-monthly updates. The first update of the month will focus on Program updates while the second update of the month will feature resources and optional trainings.
This change will better accommodate the influx of information we communicate this time of year.
Thank you for making CACFP Week 2024 a success! We wanted to share some of the ways OSPI and Sponsors celebrated here in WA State.
CACFP Week Video Spotlight
OSPI created a CACFP Week Video, highlighting the work of several Sponsors providing healthy meals and snacks to participants throughout the state.
View the CACFP Week Video Spotlight
View the CACFP Week Reel-Boys and Girls Club of Olympic Peninsula
View the CACFP Week Reel-Easter Seals
CACFP Excellence Awards
CACFP Excellence Awards were given to Sponsors who demonstrated excellence in various areas of CACFP operation.
Congratulations to our Excellence Award Recipients!
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Columbia Basin
- Kreative Kidz
- Boys & Girls Clubs of King County
- Catholic Charities of Spokane, St. Anne's Children and Family Center
- Pierce College, Garnero CDC
- Educational Opportunities for Children and Families
- City of Seattle
To learn more about the 2024 award recipients and to view submissions of what CACFP means to Sponsors in our state, log into Canvas to view the CACFP Week module!
The Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) releases a monthly memo to help CACFP Sponsors better navigate the Program. March is National Nutrition Month and a great time to educate and bring awareness to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Programs participating in the CACFP serve nutritious foods that meet the USDA’s meal pattern requirements. ICN’s March Mealtime Memo provides the USDA optional best practices you can use to strengthen the nutritional quality of meals served.
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New Menu Templates!
OSPI Child Care and Adult Care menu templates have been posted to our website. During FY24 Annual Updates training it was announced that OSPI would make menu templates available for Sponsor use. While these templates are optional to use in FY24, all Sponsors will be required to use these templates during FY25.
These templates were created to help decrease costly menu related findings during Administrative Reviews (ARs). They list milk fat % based on age group served, display the nondiscrimination statement, provide space to enter the date, and display the serving size of each required component per age group, all of which were common findings.
Download the menu template appropriate for your program and meal service(s) you provide today!
 Multi-Site Sponsors Resources
A new dropdown has been added for Multi-Site Sponsors in the CACFP Requirements and Materials section of our website. This will be the hub for Sponsors of multiple sites to find monitoring forms and resources specific to Sponsoring Organization requirements.
Monitor Assigned Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Procedure-New!
Sponsors of multiple sites are required to conduct monitoring visits three times per fiscal year at all sponsored sites. If a site is found out of compliance, a procedure may need to be created or updated to correct the finding. Use the Monitor Assigned CAP Procedure template to assist staff in updating or creating a procedure to permanently correct findings.
Multi-Site Sponsor Administrative Requirements Reference Sheet-New!
Sponsors must demonstrate compliance with the CACFP Performance Standards 7 CFR 226.6(b)(1)(xviii) for Financial Viability, Administrative Capability, and Program Accountability (VCA) on an ongoing basis. This reference sheet provides a list of the administrative duties and responsibilities that Sponsoring Organizations must manage and incorporate into their management plan to help stay on track!
Check out these new Team Nutrition (TN) resources to assist in planning breakfast & snack menus and conducting family style meal service!
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It’s Breakfast Time! Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Breakfast Menu Planner English and Spanish.
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Let’s Make a Snack! Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Snack Menu Planner English and Spanish .
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Family Style Meal Service With Children in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
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An Operator Booklet: includes information on how to help prepare and support children, train staff, and meet CACFP meal pattern requirements to successfully serve meals “family style” in the CACFP.
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Classroom Posters: discussion tools teachers can use in their classrooms to introduce the steps of family style meal service, rules for family style meals, and sample scripts for conversations at mealtime with children.
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Training Slides: ready-to-go presentation slides to help train staff on family style meal service in the CACFP.
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Photographs: original photographs depicting family style meal service in child care and afterschool settings to use in training materials.
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Social media graphics: three animated graphics to help spread the word about this new resource and the benefits of family style meal service.
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Parent Newsletter: “Serving Meals ‘Family Style’ .
Watch TN’s Family Style Meal Service Webinar
Date: March 20, 2024
Register here
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March 31
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January 60-Day Claiming Deadline—if you haven't already, submit your claim
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April 8
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Deadline extension for Traditional Indigenous Food Grant Opportunity
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