Basics
This federal program provides reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks served in child care centers and family child care homes.
What is CACFP?
These 5 specific food groups must be included in every CACFP reimbursable lunch.
What is meat/meat alternate, grains, fruits, vegetables, and milk?
This important record must be kept for each meal served in CACFP to receive reimbursement.
What is a meal attendance record?
Number of times ACCAA/Head Start classrooms have a monitoring review
What is 3 times per year?
The acronym CACFP stands for this.
What is Child and Adult Care Food Program?
True or False: CACFP allows fruit-flavored drinks to be served as a substitute for whole fruits.
What is False?
They are impacted when sites regularly serve disallowed meals during the CACFP service window.
Who are the organization sponsor, site supervisor and staff, volunteers, and all program participants?
True or False: CACFP requires ongoing training for staff and providers to maintain compliance.
What is True?
CACFP is administered by this United States government department.
What is USDA?
Needed for commercially processed items or mixed-component entrees.
What is a Child Nutrition (CN) label?
True or False: The reimbursement rate is a dollar for dollar match
What is False?
This important form must be requested if a child has special dietary requirements or food allergies.
What is a Special Diet Form?
Name of Ohio's State Agency
What is the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) Office of Nutrition
True or False: At lunch time, children can take two fruits or two vegetables?
What is True
Some ways meals become non-reimbursable. (list at least 3)
What is children not receiving all necessary components, being served outside your service window, no WGR included, milk percentage is neither 1% or fat-free, and/or minimum ounce requirement is not met?
Point of Service.
What is the moment that a child has sat at the table and all the components of a meal are available to them?
The main goal of CACFP.
What is improving the quality of meals and snacks for youth in under-resourced communities?
Type of food item that was previously allowed as a Whole-Grain Rich component but is no longer.
What is a grain-based dessert?
Child and Adult Food Care Program Enrollment Form
What is the form that all eligible children need to have filled out and on file in order to be counted for reimbursement?
The unannounced process that gathers feedback for sponsors and site staff to be held accountable and confident in running CACFP.
What is a site review?