CACFP Basics
This federal department administers the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
For breakfast, CACFP requires how many of the five main food components to be served?
What is three?
Between 2020 and 2024, CACFP saw this percentage increase in national daily attendance.
What is 10.9%?
SFSP sites in Wisconsin can serve up to two meals per day, but not this combination.
What is lunch and supper?
Though not part of SFSP funding, this summer program helps income-eligible families buy food for their kids.
What is the Summer EBT program?
The CACFP provides reimbursement for these two main meal types served to children and adults in care.
What are meals and snacks?
List two of the five food components that can be part of any CACFP meal.
What are milk, grain, meat/meat alternate, fruit, and vegetable?
This Wisconsin agency oversees and supports all SFSP sites across the state.
What is the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)?
SFSP meal sites can only be located in areas where at least this percentage of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
What is 50%?
SFSP snacks must include foods from how many different meal components?
What is 2
True or False: Only children can participate in CACFP.
What is False? (Adults in nonresidential day care centers can also participate.)
Adult day care centers have this special flexibility at dinner.
What is milk can be optional at the dinner meal?
This type of meal service allows participants to serve themselves from shared dishes.
What is family-style meal service?
SFSP sites can only claim reimbursement for up to what percentage of second meals served?
What is 2%?
At what age can people who are mentally or physically disabled and enrolled in a school program for students with disabilities still receive SFSP meals in WI?
What is 18 to 21 years old?
The CACFP became a permanent federal program in this year.
What is 1978?
This term refers to foods that meet USDA standards and can count toward a reimbursable meal.
What are creditable foods?
This federal department funds the SFSP across all U.S. states, including Wisconsin.
What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
The breakfast meal pattern requires three components:
WHat is milk, fruit/vegetable, and a grain/bread?
The USDA updated CACFP meal patterns in this year to align with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
What is 2024?
A child care center can claim a maximum of how many meals and snacks per participant per day?
What is 2 meals and 1 snack or 2 snacks and 1 meal?
The total number of CACFP sites across Wisconsin in 2025 was approximately this many.
What is 1,004?
SFSP sites must offer one type of milk, but it must meet this USDA requirement for fat content.
What is low-fat (1%) or fat-free milk?
The required portion of fruit/vegetable for a snack is at least how much?
What is ¾ cup