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CACFP Calculators and Apps
Arizona Nutrition Calculator
CACFP Product Calculator
Smart Snacks Food Calculator
USDA Food Buying Guide Web Based App
Food Buying Calculator Video (Maine)
​ICN Food Buying Guide Calculator​
CACFP and ChildCare Assessments, Reviews
Assessment Tool Overview 
​Provider File Review _ Self Assessment Tool
Sponsor Organizational Review _ Self Assessment Tool  
Center File Review_Self Assessment Tool! - coming
Afterschool File Review_Self Assessment Tool! - coming

​For Providers: C.H.O.I.C.E. ​
From Nebraska: GONAPPSACC
Compliance Self Evaluation
CACFP MANAGEMENT TOOLS
The following is a list of vendors/companies that have product available to you in CACFP and Child Care, the National CACFP Forum is only sharing the information of these companies not benefiting. Want to see someone else here let us know.

Brighton Online Training Courses for CACFP SFSP
CACFP.Net
ChildPlus for Head Start
Minute Menu Systems
MyFoodProgram for CACFP Centers and SFSP
MyMax
ProCare
Tom Copeland
Google for Non Profit

CACFP MApper
FairData CACFP  Mapper
Summer Foods Interactive CACFP Mapper 
​Instructions

CACFP Event Calendar
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CACFP MEal Patterns
CACFP Meal Pattern Nutrition Standards
CACFP Meal Pattern Quick Reference Guide
CACFP Meal Pattern Implementation and Transition Library
USDA Team Nutrition Meal Pattern Training Pack



CACFP Wellness from Iowa 
CACFP Wellness Courses from Iowa Team Nutrition: The following online training modules were developed through Team Nutrition grants for CACFP participants:
  • New Meal Pattern Best Practices (1 training credit hour)
  • Smarter Mealtime Scorecard (1 training credit hour)
  • Farm to CACFP (1 training credit hour)
  • Meaningful Mealtimes (1 training credit hour)
  • Trying New Foods (1 training credit hour)
  • Opportunities for Active Play (1 training credit hour)
  • Nutrition Education (1 training credit hour)
  • Healthy Menu Makeover (4 training credit hours)
Child and Adult Care Food Program HANDBOOKS 
  • Adult Day Care Handbook
  • At-risk Afterschool Care Handbook
  • At-risk Afterschool Care Handbook (Designed)
  • Family Day Care Home Monitor Handbook
  • Food Buying Guide​
  • Guidance for Management Plans and Budgets
  • Independent Child Care Centers Handbook
  • Monitoring Handbook for State Agencies
  • Serious Deficiency, Suspension, & Appeals for State Agencies and Sponsoring Organizations
  • Nutrition Wellness Tips for Young Children: A Child Care Provider Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Table of Contents and Introduction (517.01 KB)
    Background and Acknowledgements (641.97 KB)
    How to Use This Handbook (827.03 KB)
    Build a Healthy Plate With Less Salt and Sodium (782.24 KB)
    Provide Opportunities for Active Play Every Day (1.27 MB)
    Encourage Active Play and Participate With Children (910.61 KB)
    Promote Active Play Through Written Policies and Practices (1.07 MB)
    Limit Screen Time (1.04 MB)
    Best Practices: CACFP Success Stories (2.12 MB)​
National Disqualified List
PUBLISHED
NUTRITION SPANISH CALENDARS: ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT
NUTRITION CALENDARS: PATHFINDER PUBLICATIONS
NUTRITION CALENDARS CONTACT: NCA
NUTRITION EDITION: CCFP ROUNDTABLE
Newsletters from CACFP
Region 10 CACFP
​Region 10 SFSP
Kansas State Agency
​Wisconsin State Agency
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Georgia State Agency CACFP SFSP
Roundtable Nutrition Edition Example-Members Only
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Streamlining CACFP
A Quick Guide to… Flexibilities 
​CACFP challenges us to streamline and reduce paperwork, while continuing to improve CACFP management and integrity. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is taking the lead to consolidate, simplify, and reduce CACFP requirements, where practicable, and to encourage State agencies to fully utilize the authorities that Federal regulations and policies already provide to accomplish similar goals.  More
Site Visit Check lists
Center Review Check list (GA)
Home Visit Tasks (Wisonsin)
Home Site Visit Checklist (NY)
At Risk Site Visit Form (WA)
Center Visit Check List (NY)

Monitoring Review Checklist (MO)
Adult Day Care Checklist (WI)

Financial Management tools
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  • 7 CFR Part 3015 - Uniform Federal Assistance Regulations
  • 7 CFR Part 3016 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments
  • 7 CFR Part 3018 - New Restrictions on Lobbying
  • 7 CFR Part 3019 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-profit Organizations 
  • 7 CFR Part 3052 - Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-profit Organizations
  • 2 CFR Part 417 - Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension
Other Executive Agencies
  • 29 CFR Part 516 - Records to be Kept by Employers, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • 48 CFR Part 31 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures under the Federal Acquisition Regulations System
  • Treasury Circular 570 - Listing of Approved Sureties, issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
 
CACFP Today Archive
  • 09/17/2018 - CACFP Today
  • 08/29/2018 - CACFP Today
  • 08/16/2018 - Today in CACFP
  • 07/25/2018 - CACFP Today
  • 06/25/2018 - CACFP is headed to Washington DC for #CACFP50 Birthday Reception
  • 06/13/2018 - CACFP News to Use
  • 05/30/2018 - CACFP Today
  • 05/22/2018 - CACFP Today
  • 05/14/2018 - CACFP Today
  • 05/03/2018 - CACFP take ACTION Alert
  • 04/26/2018 - Nutrition Edition Alert
  • 04/04/2018 - CACFP Birthday Card goes to Washington D.C.
  • 03/12/2018 - Happy National CACCFP Week is here-What to do now?
  • 03/06/2018 - CACFP BuZZ - March - ACTION Requested
  • 02/12/2018 - Last Day_CACFP Action Requested
  • 01/24/2018 - USDA CACFP Child Nutrition Programs Alert
  • 01/22/2018 - CACFP News to Use
  • 01/12/2018 - CACFP News to Use in January
  • 12/13/2017 - CACFP News to Use _ Action Items
  • 10/30/2017 - CACFP News to Use_From Implementation to Transition

Technology Aids

​Website Tools
Website: ​Weebly, WordPress

Design Tools
Canva: Canva is a free graphic-design tool website, founded in 2012. It uses a drag-and-drop format and provides access to over a million photographs, graphics, and fonts. It is used by non-designers as well as professionals
PicMonkey

Publisher
Surveys

Survey Monkey
Other Survey Tools
Facebook Polls
E-Mail Service
Mailigen
Constant Contact

MailChimp
Social Media
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Youtube
Instagram
NoteTaking
One Note
​Evernote
SimpleNote
Password Manager
LastPass
​Other Password Managers
Create Videos
Vimeo
Create Presentations
Prezi
Powerpoint
Vimeo

Create ELEARNING
Articulate
ProProf

NON PROFIT TECHNOLOGY MARKETPLACE
Idealware
TechSoup
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Google for NonProfits
Non Profit Technolgy Network

Membership Software
Wild Apricot 
​MemberClicks

Informational Materials 

PArent and Provider Handouts 

Safer Products Info Flyer

​Ways to get children to eat more FnV
CDC Handwashing Steps Poster

InfoGraphs
Growing a Healthier Future
CACFP Afterschool

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Farm to PreSchool and School
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Plannings Guides, Fact Sheets and more
Local Foods
INTEGRATING LOCAL FOODS-CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS Fact Sheet
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Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs

Training ​Materials, Resources

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Printed and delivered FREE to CACFPstaff and providers. New  materials added  regularly.
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FREE Webinars are held and recorded on the third Thursday of every month, in English and Spanish. 
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 CACFP New Meal Pattern Implementation Library for your use FREE. 
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