PreConference Session added
Successfully Meeting the New CACFP Nutrition Standards: Selecting, Purchasing, and Accessing Affordable Healthy Foods for CACFP Child Care and Afterschool Programs
Join USDA, CACFP programs, sponsors and administrators, advocates, food banks, grocery stores, food policy experts, and others for this interactive convening. This is an opportunity to learn, explore, and discuss:
USDA food procurement rules, nutrition standards, and resources; the education and training needed to facilitate programs’ and providers’ success in selecting foods consistent with the new nutrition standards (e.g., whole grains, low-sugar cereals, and yogurt) and the increased emphasis on fruit and vegetables; how stores can better serve CACFP programs and providers as the new standards take effect; ways to ensure access to affordable fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and other healthy foods needed for CACFP in low-income communities; technological innovations, including web-based CACFP tools; and addressing language, culture, and literacy in training plans and materials. Register Now.
National CACFP Forum Leadership Conference Agenda
Draft Agenda Now Available
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Draft Agenda Now Available Download the draft agenda for the 2018 conference (pdf). Note that the draft agenda may be subject to change. Start mapping out your conference schedule now! |
CACFP Leadership Conference Happenings not to be Missed
Scholarships Available
- CACFP Advocacy
- CACFP outreach and expansion
- CACFP USDA policy, program and nutrition update
- CACFP USDA Town Hall
- Strategies for the successful transition of the new CACFP meal pattern in preschool and afterschool programs focused on needs identified by work at the state and local level: meal quality, healthy food vending contracts, operating within a CACFP budget, and communicating with parents and children.
Scholarships Available
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! 
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Co-sponsored by the Food Research & Action Center and Feeding America in cooperation with the National CACFP Forum