CACFP 101
This training is completed every year by all staff members
What is Civil Rights
This beverage must be offered at breakfast and lunch
What is Milk
The CACFP attendance sheet must be completed before this meal is served
What is Breakfast
This Breakfast is being served to student:
Corn Flakes, Milk & Fruit Cocktail
Why is this a reimbursable meal?
Meets meal component requirements and 1% milk is being offered which is required for children under 3-5 years old.
A parent who does not want their child to be served pork.
Have them contact the Nutrition and Meals Specialist. An email confirmation will be required from the parent.
All staff must wear these when preparing food for children
What are gloves
These are the two approved milk substitutes offered when a parent does not want their child to be served milk
What is Lactaid Milk & Soy Milk
This is when Meal counts should be recorded
What is POS, during the meal when children are still seated at the table.
Today's Breakfast is:
Milk, Hash Browns and an egg patty. Is this reminsurable?
Meets meal component requirements. Grains can be switched out for a protein, which in this case is the egg patty.
Little Pablo is lactose intolerant and needs Lactaid milk. This should be completed by the parent.
What is an email or handwritten note from the parent is acceptable.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!
CACFP Stands for
What is Child and Adult Care Food Program
Children 3-5 need this type of milk
What is Unflavored 1% Milk
Student comes in halfway through breakfast and sits down to eat. This is recorded
what is to Add +1 to the meal count sheet
For snack you are serving strawberries and bananas...
Why is this not a reimbursable meal?
Bananas and strawberries are both in the fruit component. To be reimbursable, snacks must contain food from 2 different meal components.
A parent informs you their child is a picky eater and would like to bring food in from home. Is this acceptable, and can they provide a doctor's note?
No outside food or drink is allowed. If the parent provides a doctor's note, under Head Start regulations we are still unable to accommodate.
This is taken when all students are seated and served, but before any child has cleaned up
What is Point of Service
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Juice, Water or Almond Milk is an acceptable substitute for milk
What is Never
None of these are acceptable beverages. Milk must always be offered at breakfast and lunch each day even if you know a child wont drink it. Water can only be offered once milk has been offered first. Almond milk cannot be offered because we are nut free.
Little Andrew Smith likes to be called "Drew"
This name is listed on the record of attendance.
What is Andrew Smith
(Although its acceptable to call children by nicknames, they cannot be listed on the CACFP Attendance record)
If you are a center that provides breakfast, lunch and snack, but the child does not want snack served.
No, snack is not optional and must be served to claim the meal.
Student has an allergy to eggs, milk and wheat and cannot eat any foods that contain these ingredients. At lunchtime, he is served this to ensure his meal is free of allergens.
What is a substitute allergy meal.
This poster must be hanging up in a central visible location
What is the "Justice For All" Poster (i.e. statue of liberty poster)
These 5 food groups make up a reimbursable lunch meal
What is Milk, Grain, Meat/Meat Alt., Vegetable, Fruit
Oh no! You realize that you forgot to record snack one day last week. How should you fix this mistake?
No, Leave it blank.
(You cannot go by memory or use the attendance record to guess the meal count.)
For Lunch today, you are serving:
Milk, roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and a fresh apple.
Why is this not a reimbursable meal?
It is missing the grain component.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Child has been attending the center for several months now. Over the weekend she has an allergic reaction to eggs. At drop off on Monday mom brings in a note from the doctor telling us not to serve her eggs.
Tell mom that the child cannot stay. A plan of care must be completed and signed by the doctor and a nutrition plan must be completed before the child can return.