CACFP Communications (ALL)
In March of 2025, the DPI transitioned our subscription lists for CACFP communications to a new provider, GovDelivery. As a result, anyone not listed as the authorized representative in the CACFP contract, such as secondary contacts or other staff that operate the CACFP, must subscribe themselves to this new list to receive CACFP communications, including the CACFP Bulletin and Newsletter.
Click here to subscribe to CACFP communications! After clicking the link, you will be prompted to enter your email address and complete a CAPTCHA. A subscription confirmation message will follow. Bulletins and Newsletters are also posted on the webpage the second Thursday of each month.
USDA Policy Memos (ALL)
The purpose of this memorandum is to remind schools, sponsors, and institutions participating in any U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition Program (CNP), including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Special Milk Program for Children (SMP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and the Seamless Summer Option (SSO), of the many ways they can purchase local foods to serve in program meals. Sourcing and serving locally grown foods, and other farm to school activities, such as taste testing, gardening, and agriculture education, can infuse new energy and vision into CNP operations, support community health, create new opportunities for American farmers, invest federal dollars in local economies, and strengthen strategies to encourage healthy choices.
Prohibition on the Use of Chicken and Seafood from China
The 2025 Appropriations Act extends the 2024 provision that Program funds may not be used to procure raw or processed poultry or seafood products from the People’s Republic of China. This prohibition applies to all child nutrition programs and remains effective through September 30, 2025.
Online Services (ALL)
To easily access contracts and claims via Online Services, follow the below DPI recommendations:
- Use Chrome as your web browser.
- Access Online Services through the login link on the Wisconsin Child Nutrition Programs webpage, not a bookmarked login webpage.
- Ensure that you have updated your Online Services password in the last 60 days. If someone else in your agency may have updated the password in the last 60 days, check with them to obtain the updated password.
- If you have not updated your password in the last 60 days and/ or problems logging in persist, contact Jacque Darrow by email at Jacqueline.Darrow@dpi.wi.gov or call (608) 267-9134.
Cucumber Crunch (ALL)
Celebrate summer by participating in the Cucumber Crunch! This is a simple, celebratory event to promote local foods and farm to early care education. Pick any date this summer and have staff and children crunch into local cucumbers. If cucumbers are not available choose another local, in-season fruit or vegetable to crunch!
Register your program for the Crunch! Registrants will receive free stickers and a packet of cucumber seeds for registering on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Check out the new and updated resources available for the Crunch on our Celebrate Summer page! These include more detail on the Event, a Cucumber Press Release, new activity ideas to use for your Event and update recipes and resources to find local farmers/producers in your area.
Institute of Child Nutrition: Mealtime Memo: Cooking with Herbs and Spices (ALL)
Incorporating herbs and spices into recipes enhances flavor, aroma, and color while reducing the need for excess salt, sugar, and fat. This Mealtime Memo defines herbs and spices, reviews the health benefits of using fresh or dried herbs and spices, and provides ideas for incorporating them into recipes.
 REMINDER: Claim Submission Deadlines: Federal regulations impose a claim submission deadline of 60 calendar days after the last day of the month for which the claim applies. For DPI’s CACFP Claim Submission Deadlines visit Claim Submission Deadlines.
Contact your assigned CACFP consultant with questions about the items in the bulletin, or other CACFP questions.
Do you have new staff working with the CACFP? Check out this resource New Staff Responsibilities for CACFP.
Program Abbreviation Key
CC=Child Care
AR=At Risk
FDCH: Family Day Care Home
HS: Head Start
ES: Emergency Shelters
SO: Sponsoring Organizations
OS: Outside of School Hours Care
ADC: Adult Day Care
ALL: Applies to all types
The abbreviation key identifies each type of program in the CACFP. Each section above identifies who the information applies to when implementing the CACFP. If your type of program is not listed in a section, it does not apply.
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