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The Child Care and Child and Adult Care Food Pogram communities work together everyday to feed 4.2 million children.

CACFP Child Care Providers in Homes and Centers

A bit of CACFP ChildCare everything in this corner of our world, including some very interesting ...
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National Database of Child Care Licensing Regulations
A tool for finding and searching state and territory licensing regulations and agency contact information.
 

​​National Association of Family Child Care NAFCC : ​Promotes professional development and quality standards of care for Family Child Care providers. Accreditation Certification Program.

​National Association of Educators Young Children
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Promoting high-quality learning by connecting practice, policy, and research.

​​National Association of Head Start
Head Start is the national commitment to give every vulnerable child an opportunity to succeed.

HealthyKids, HealthyFutures

Giving early care and education providers the tools to help children get a healthy start.

NCAA
"The mission of National CCA is to promote the growth and safeguard the interest of quality early childhood care and education on licensed on licensed, private providers of these services. 
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​Zero to Three
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Focuses on the development of infants and toddlers

​Safer Products 

SaferProducts.gov is the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database website of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Child Care Professional Handout

Aferschool Alliance

​The Afterschool Alliance is the only organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for more afterschool investments to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs

National Women's Law Center
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The Center has worked for more than 40 years to protect and promote equality and opportunity for women and families. We champion policies and laws that help women and girls achieve their potential at every stage of their lives — at school, at work, at home, and in retirement.

Office of Child Care
The Office of Child Care (OCC) supports low-income working families by providing access to affordable, high-quality early care and afterschool programs. OCC administers the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and works with state, territory and tribal governments to provide support for children and their families juggling work schedules and struggling to find child care programs that will fit their needs and that will prepare children to succeed in school.
 CCDF made $8.1 billion available to states, territories, and tribes in fiscal year 2018.
  • Research: Fiscal year 2018 funding includes approximately $23 million for child care research, demonstration and evaluation activities. These funds are increasing the capacity for child care research at the national, state and local levels while addressing critical questions with implications for children and families. Funds have been awarded to support individual project areas, including policy research, research partnerships, research scholars and a web-based archive called Child Care and Early Education Research Connections.
Child Care Aware Child Care Resource for Parents


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CACFP Contacts
​Child Care Food Program Sponsors
​FRAC
​Institute of Child Nutrition
CCFP Roundtable 
National CACFP Forum
NCA
State Agencies
Team Nutrition 
USDA Regional Offices
USDA Food and Nutrition Services National Office
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REcipe Ideas
Putting it to Practice (Chef Michelle Bommarito)
What's Cooking Mixing Bowl
Creditable Food Info...
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Creditable foods count toward meeting the requirements for a reimbursable meal. Creditable from one state to another may not be the same,​always verify with your state agency. Credit: Sesame Street Community, USDA, NCA.
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Red Pozole
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Tropical Bean Salad
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Quick Quesadilla
The Meal Gallery
Menu Ideas
Breakfast​
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Teacher Kits
USDA Discover MyPlate Teacher’s Kit
  • Teacher’s Guide
  • Emergent Reader Mini Books
  • Emergent Readers: Teacher’s Edition (book of all 6 emergent readers)
  • Emergent Readers: Word files (for creating cut-apart sentences and other literacy exercises)
  • Reach for the Sky Song
  • Food Group Friends Profile Cards
  • Food Cards
  • Look and Cook Recipes (English on one side, Spanish on the reverse)
  • Student Workbook
  • The Five Food Groups Poster
  • Parent Handouts (English and Spanish versions)
  • Discover MyPlate Graphics
Discover MyPlate Teacher Training Materials
  • Curriculum Training for Teachers guide
  • Curriculum Training for Teachers slides: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
  • The Five Food Groups handout
  • Discover MyPlate in a Year handout

Grow It, Try It, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit Featuring MyPlate

Available: in PDF, below, or hard copies may be ordered by using the Resource Order Form
  • Book 1 - The Basics
  • Fruit & Veggie Drawings
  • Blackline Masters
  • Book 2 - Crookneck Squash Row
  • Book 3 - Spinach Lane
  • Book 4 - Sweet Potato Hill
  • Book 5 - Cantaloupe Corner
  • Book 6 - Peach Tree Orchard
  • Book 7 - Strawberry Patch
  • Food and Nutrition Fun for Preschoolers​

Parent Materials
Positive Parenting Tips
  • Infants (0-1 year of age)[PDF – 806 KB]
  • Toddlers (1-2 years of age)[PDF – 784 KB]
  • Toddlers (2-3 years of age)[PDF – 784 KB]
  • Preschoolers (3-5 years of age)[PDF – 784 KB]
  • Middle Childhood (6-8 years of age)[PDF – 774 KB]
​​Quick Link Resources for Parents
  • Finding the right child care setting for your child
  • Finding help to pay for child care
  • Finding your local Head Start program and checking to see if you qualify for services
  • Health and safety regulations for child care programs in your State
  • Reporting child abuse and neglect
Handwashing Posters
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Washing Hands from CDC
Sesame Street Handwashing Video
Farm to School and Early Care and Education
Farm to School Network​
​Getting Started
YOGA for the Children and teachers
Yoga in ChildCare
​Yoga and Kids
Lets Breathe
CACFP Afterschool
  • Smart Food Planner
  • Smart Snack Product Calculator

  • At-Risk Afterschool Handbook
  • CACFP 03-2014: Transitioning to SFSP
  • CACFP 12-2013: Transitioning from SFSP
  • CACFP 04-2013: School Food Authorities
  • CACFP 15-2012: Health and Safety Standards
  • CACFP 08-2012: Questions and Answers
  • CACFP 11-2007: Nontraditional CACFP Operators
  • Out-of-School-Time Nutrition Options
  • ​Afterschool Meals FAQs
  • Athletic Programs and Afterschool Meal Service
  • Building for the Future (en Español)
  • Meals and Snacks
  • Operational Provisions - 7 CFR 226.17a
  • Reimbursement Rates
The Business of Child Care
Tom Copeland:
Child Care Associations Value

Red Leaf Press Calendar Keeper

Child Care Aware Talks Curriculum

Discount Supply

Child Care Management Software (there are too many to list, the following referred the most)
Procare
EZCare
Brightwheel  
​KidKare
MyMaxListens
CACFP Calculator Tools
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​
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