National CACFP Forum Leadership Conference Agenda
The track will feature inspiring speakers, informative sessions, and opportunities to learn about:
- Advocacy: CACFP Innovation, Dedication, Celebration
- USDA CACFP Updates
- Successful CACFP Strategies: Child Care, Afterschool, and Homeless Programs
- Innovations in CACFP Procurement: Affordable Healthy Foods for CACFP Child Care and Afterschool Programs
- Partnerships and Funding Sources to Support CACFP Participation and Healthy Appealing CACFP Meals and Snacks
- Making CACFP a Multicultural Success: Serving a Diversity of Families
- Early Childhood Nutrition
The Breakfast keynote will be ...
The Honorable Stephen K. Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, SC, will be our keynote speaker during the Breakfast Plenary on Monday, February 25. |
2019 Anti-Hunger Policy Conference Draft Agenda Now Available
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Members of the Forum Board of Directors relaxing with USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon at the Sunday night reception for attendees of the CACFP Leadership Conference, March 2, 2014.
Pictured Front left: Ipek Taffe, The Planning Council; Susanna Reza, El Paso Human Services, USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon; James D. Weill, President FRAC; Marty Campolito, President National CACFP Forum; Carolyn Morrison, CACFP Forum. Back Row: Elyse Homel Vitale, CFPA; Samantha Daleiden Marshall, T&L Foundation; Geri Henchy, FRAC; Chris Clark, CCFP Roundtable.
Pictured Front left: Ipek Taffe, The Planning Council; Susanna Reza, El Paso Human Services, USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon; James D. Weill, President FRAC; Marty Campolito, President National CACFP Forum; Carolyn Morrison, CACFP Forum. Back Row: Elyse Homel Vitale, CFPA; Samantha Daleiden Marshall, T&L Foundation; Geri Henchy, FRAC; Chris Clark, CCFP Roundtable.
Sample AGENDA
SUNDAY
8:30AM–6:00PM Registration & Internet Center Open
8:30AM–10:30AM Continental Breakfast
10:45AM–12:15PM Workshop Session I
12:30PM–2:00PM Lunch and Welcome Plenary Session
2:15PM–3:30PM Workshop Session II
3:30PM–4:00PM Break
4:00PM–5:15PM Workshop Session III
5:30PM–7:30PM Reception
MONDAY
8:30AM-5:30PM Registration & Internet Center Open
8:30AM–10:30AM Breakfast Plenary
10:45AM–12:00PM Workshop Session IV
12:15PM–1:45PM Luncheon Plenary Session
2:15PM–3:30PM Workshop Session V
4:00PM–5:15PM Workshop Session VI
5:30PM–6:30PM Regional Meetings
Dinner on Your Own
TUESDAY
7:00AM Grab & Go Breakfast
8:30AM Lobby Day Kickoff
10:00AM Member Visits on Capitol Hill. Please schedule your visits to start after 10AM but feel free to use the
remainder of the day to complete your visits before traveling back home.
8:30AM–6:00PM Registration & Internet Center Open
8:30AM–10:30AM Continental Breakfast
10:45AM–12:15PM Workshop Session I
12:30PM–2:00PM Lunch and Welcome Plenary Session
2:15PM–3:30PM Workshop Session II
3:30PM–4:00PM Break
4:00PM–5:15PM Workshop Session III
5:30PM–7:30PM Reception
MONDAY
8:30AM-5:30PM Registration & Internet Center Open
8:30AM–10:30AM Breakfast Plenary
10:45AM–12:00PM Workshop Session IV
12:15PM–1:45PM Luncheon Plenary Session
2:15PM–3:30PM Workshop Session V
4:00PM–5:15PM Workshop Session VI
5:30PM–6:30PM Regional Meetings
Dinner on Your Own
TUESDAY
7:00AM Grab & Go Breakfast
8:30AM Lobby Day Kickoff
10:00AM Member Visits on Capitol Hill. Please schedule your visits to start after 10AM but feel free to use the
remainder of the day to complete your visits before traveling back home.
Why should you GO to the National CACFP Forum
Leadership at the Anti Hunger Policy Conference?
Who is Going?Child and Adult Care Food Program leaders; After School/At Risk, CACFP Sponsors, CACFP Tribal Leaders, CACFP Adult Care, CACFP Head Start Leaders, Child Care Leaders, anti-hunger and anti-poverty advocates; federal, state and local government officials; child advocates; representatives of food banks and food rescue organizations;sponsoring organizations and nutrition and anti-obesity groups.
The National CACFP Leadership conference brings together leaders from the CACFP community. Discover your role in CACFP Leadership, policy, best practices, shaping change, meet with USDA officials, and focus on opportunities for cutting red tape, building a thriving CACFP program, and making the most of the new nutrition and wellness requirements. Everyone in CACFP is a Leader, just in different ways. Find your Leadership Role. |
Go for 10 ReasonsHear from the Experts
Share your Ideas Stretch your Mind Head to Capitol Hill with Colleagues Attend Standing Ovation-Worthy Sessions Hear from the Policymakers Get your Questions Answered Network and Learn while having fun Tell Congress Now Your invested time will make a difference! |
Co-sponsored by the Food Research & Action Center and Feeding America in cooperation with the National CACFP Forum