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CACFP Bulletins

 
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Bulletins are emailed to CACFP Email List members from the Community Nutrition Team mailbox, on the dates listed next to each bulletin.

FFY 2025

  • CACFP Bulletin May 2025-10 (5/15/25)

    • CACFP Conference: Save the Date! (ALL)

    • At-Risk Afterschool Programs End Last Day of SY 2024-2025 (AR)

    • 2nd Quarter CACFP Financial Report due June 1, 2025 (SO)

    • Reminder: Update Contact Information in your CACFP Contract (ALL)

    • New Meal Services (ALL)

    • 2025 Holiday and June/July Payment Processing Schedule (ALL)

    • CACFP Shout-Outs (ALL)

    • ICN: May 2025 Mealtime Memo Legumes (Beans, Peas, and Lentils) (ALL)

  • CACFP Bulletin April 2025-09 (4/17/25)

    • Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (ALL)

    • Change to Added Sugar for Breakfast Cereals and Yogurt Sugar Limits (ALL)

    • CACFP Training Spotlight: Tortilla Chips and Corn Chips (ALL)

    • Year-Round Food Program: Transitioning from CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Programs to Summer Food Service Programs (AR)

    • Sponsors of At-Risk Afterschool Sites that Participate in NSLP and/or SFSP (AR)

    • Farm to ECE: In a Nutshell (ALL)

    • Termination Notice for the Project Titled Local Food for Schools and Child Care (LFSCC) Agreement (ALL)

    • Federal Funding for the CACFP (ALL)

    • ICN: April 2025 Mealtime Memo Culinary Basics: Knife Skills

  • CACFP Bulletin April 2025-08  (4/11/25)

    • State superintendent launches effort to highlight impact of state, federal funding on Wisconsin public schools and libraries

  • CACFP Bulletin March 2025-07 (3/6/25)
    • National CACFP Week March 16-22, 2025 (ALL)
    • CACFP Bulletin Distribution Updates (ALL)
    • New Staff Responsible for CACFP (ALL  but FDCH)
    • NCA Conference / Open Office Hours (ALL)
    • ICN March Mealtime Memo: CACFP Outreach (ALL) 
  • CACFP Bulletin February 2025-06 (2/13/25) 

    • Annual Civil Rights Training Reminder (ALL)

    • Reminder: Race and Ethnicity Data Form (ALL)

    • Reminder: Special Dietary Needs (ALL)

    • FFY 2025 1st Quarter CACFP Financial Report (SO)

    • Planning for CACFP Week March 16 - 22, 2025 (ALL)

    • Harvest Highlights (ALL)

    • Reminder: Wisconsin Chili Lunch! (ALL)

    • Translated Infant Meal Record (ALL)

    • ICN February 2025 Mealtime Memo Nutrition Basics: Fiber (ALL)

  • CACFP Bulletin January 2025-05 (1/21/25)
    • CACFP Training Materials (ALL but FDCH)
  • CACFP Bulletin January 2025-04 (1/16/25)
    • USDA Announces Availability of Funding for Local Food in Schools and Child Care (LFSCC)
    • USDA Waiver to Allow CACFP Non-Congregate Meals to Participants Fasting During Ramadan (ES, ADC, OSH, AR)
    • USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Requests Public Comments on Pilot Projects for Tribes to Administer Child Nutrition Programs (ALL)
    • USDA Requests Public Comments on Grain-Based Desserts and High-Protein Yogurt Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) (ALL)
    • Wisconsin Chili Lunch (ALL)
    • Year-Round Food Program: Transitioning from the At-Risk Afterschool Program to SFSP (AR)
    • ICN January 2025 Mealtime Memo Processed Foods: Making Nutritious Choices (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin December 2025-03 (12/12/24)
    • FFY 2025 CACFP Contract Reminders (ALL)
    • Sponsoring Organization Reminder: 2024 4th Quarter Report Due (SO)
    • CACFP Required Documents List (ALL but FDCH)
    • And Justice for All posters (ALL but FDCH providers)
    • Be Informed About Food Recalls and Food Borne Illness Outbreaks (ALL)
    • CACFP Halftime Webinar: Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars in the CACFP (ALL)
    • Patrick Leahy (USDA) Farm to School Grant Program - Now Open! (ALL)
    • CACFP Shout-Outs (ALL)
    • National CACFP Sponsors Association: 2025 National Child Nutrition Conference Scholarships (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin November 2025-02 (11/14/24)

    • End of Calendar Year Payment Schedule (ALL)

    • New CACFP Review Webpage (ALL, but FDCH)

    • Annual CACFP Financial Report (ALL, but SO and FDCH)

    • ICN November 2024 Mealtime Memo Reducing Salt Intake (ALL)

  • CACFP Bulletin October 2025-01 (10/17/24)
    • Reminder: CACFP Center Contract Renewal (All but FDCH)
    • Eligibility Requirements: For-Profit Centers
    • Reminder: Infant Meal Record for Documenting and Claiming Infant Meals (CC, HS, ES, OS - only agencies that claim infant meals)
    • Find My CACFP Consultant (ALL)
    • Independent Centers: Annual CACFP Financial Report due November 1st (All but FDCH)
    • Updates to 2 CFR Part 200 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (ALL)
    • Revised Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (ALL)
    • Crediting Tip Sheets in the Child Nutrition Programs (ALL)

FFY 2024

  • CACFP Bulletin September 2024-16 (9/12/24)
    • FFY 2025 Contract - Regulation Update (SO)
    • Prospective Waivers for Non-Congregate Meal Service for CACFP At-Risk Programs (AR only)
    • Claim Processing and Deadlines (ALL)
    • CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Webinar
    • Afterschool Meal Options for School Food Authorities (AR)
    • Third Quarter CACFP Financial Report (SO)
    • Sign up for the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch (ALL)
    • Institute of Child Nutrition: Mealtime Memo: Lactose Intolerance and Milk Allergies (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin August 2024-15 (8/15/24)
    • Statewide Media Release (ALL)
    • CACFP Training: Reminder to Register (ALL but FDCH)
    • Update Contact Information in your CACFP Contract (ALL)
    • Planning for FFY 2025 Contract Renewal (ALL but FDCH)
      • Health and Safety Standards
      • Vendor Agreements 
    • Third Quarter CACFP Financial Report due September 1, 2024 (SO)
    • We Moved! Department of Public Instruction New Address (ALL) 
  • CACFP Bulletin July 2024-14 Rates of Reimbursement (7/16/24)
    • CACFP Federal Rates of Reimbursement (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin July 2024-13 (7/11/24)

    • Adding New Meal Services and/ or New Sites, Becoming a Sponsor (All but FDCH)\

    • FFY 2025 Implementation Financial Review Requirements  (SO)

    • FFY 2025 Integrity Rule: State Agency Review Requirements in CACFP (ALL)

    • Prohibition of the Use of Chicken and Seafood from China (ALL)

    • Geographic Preference Expansion Related to the Final Rule (ALL)

    • New Program Participation Dashboard Goes Live (ALL)

    • Institute of Child Nutrition: Mealtime Memo: Gardening with Children (ALL)

    • Institute of Child Nutrition: CACFP Challenges Survey (CCI)

    • Training Opportunity: National CACFP Association (NCA) Virtual CACFP Training Summit (ALL)

    • USDA Publishes Two New Studies Focused on CACFP and Child Care Participation (ALL)

  • CACFP Bulletin July 2024-12 Training (7/11/24)
    • CACFP Training (ALL but FDCH)
  • CACFP Bulletin June 2024-11 (6/28/24)
    • NEW Income Eligibility Documents (CC, HS, OS, ADC, FDCH)
      • Household Size Income Statement and Household Letter (FFY 2025, Rev. 6/24), and Household Size Income Scale (July 1, 2024 - June30, 2025)
      • Household Size Income Statement (HSIS) Reminders
      • Income Eligibility Calculator 
    • Updated Wisconsin WIC Program Information Sheet (CC, HS, FDCH)
  • CACFP Bulletin June 2024-10 (6/13/24)

    • Revised Guidance Memo 11: Financial Management (CC and AR Only)

    • Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (ALL)

    • Partners Webinar on the Expanded Geographic Preference Option in the Final Rule (ALL)

    • Cucumber Crunch (ALL)

    • Institute of Child Nutrition: Mealtime Memo Healthy Snack Ideas (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin May 2024-09 (5/14/24)

    • At-Risk Afterschool Programs End Last Day of SY 2023-2024 (AR)

    • 2nd Quarter CACFP Financial Report due June 1, 2024 (SO)

    • Reminder: Update Contact Information in your CACFP Contract (ALL)

    • Planning for August/ September 2024: Becoming a Sponsor, Adding New Sites, and/or New Meal Services (ALL)

    • Holiday and June/July 2024 Claims Processing Shut Down (ALL)

    • Webinar Child Nutrition Programs Final Rule: Updates to the CACFP & SFSP Meal Patterns (ALL)

    • Translated Materials (ALL)

    • CACFP Shout-Outs (ALL)

    • Institute of Child Nutrition: Mealtime Memo: Culinary Basics: Mise en Place (ALL)

  • CACFP Bulletin April 2024-08 (4/11/24)
    • Year-Round Food Program: Transitioning from CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Programs to Summer Food Service Programs (AR)
    • Sponsors of At-Risk Afterschool Sites that Participate in NSLP and/ or SFSP (AR)
    • Order Team Nutrition Materials in Print (ALL)
    • Go NAPSACC (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin March 2024-07 (3/11/24)

    • National CACFP Week March 10-16, 2024 (ALL)

    • Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (ALL)

    • CACFP Training: Save the Date! (ALL but FDCH)

    • New Staff Responsible for CACFP (ALL but FDCH)

    • Family Style Meal Service with Children in the CACFP Posters (ALL)

    • New CACFP Menu Planners for Breakfast and Snack in English and Spanish (ALL)

    • ICN’s Mealtime Memo March 2024 Best Practices to Improve Nutrition in the CACFP (ALL)

    • ICN’s CACFP Food Safety Toolkit (ALL)

  • CACFP Bulletin February 2024-06 (2/15/24)
    • Annual Civil Rights Training Reminder (ALL but FDCH)
    • Reminder: Race and Ethnicity Data Form (ALL)
    • Reminder: Special Dietary Needs (ALL)
    • Training Spotlight: CACFP Costs (ALL but FDCH)
    • FFY 2024 1st Quarter CACFP Financial Report (SO)
    • Planning for CACFP Week March 12-18, 2024 (ALL)
    • Institute of Child Nutrition: Mealtime Memo: Family Style Meal Service (ALL)
    • New Features and Food Yields in the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs Interactive Web-based Tool! (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin January 2024-05 (1/11/24)
    • USDA: Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule (ALL)
    • Wisconsin Chili Lunch (ALL)
    • Year-Round Food Program: Transitioning from the At-Risk Afterschool
      Program to SFSF (AR)
    • ICN’s Mealtime Memo January 2024 Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Foods
      (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin December 2024-04 (12/19/23)

    • Infants: Tofu and Soy Yogurt Now Creditable (ALL but ADC)

    • Updated Infant Meal Pattern Chart (ALL but ADC)

    • FFY 2024 CACFP Contract Reminders (ALL)

    • Sponsoring Organization Reminder: 2023 4th Quarter Report Due (SO)

    • Be Informed About Food Recalls and Food Borne Illness Outbreaks (ALL)

    • CACFP Menu Checklist: Meal Pattern and Menu Documentation Requirements (ALL but SFA operating At-Risk following NSLP meal pattern)

    • CACFP Shout-Outs (ALL)

  • CACFP Bulletin November 2024-03 (11/21/23)
    • CACFP Training Materials (ALL but FDCH)
    • New Creditable Non-Dairy Beverage and Updated Creditable Non-Dairy Beverages (Fluid Milk Substitute) Handout (ALL)
    • Updated Creditable and Non-Creditable Cheese Handout (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin November 2024-02 (11/16/23)
    • End of Calendar Year Payment Schedule (ALL)
    • CACFP Financial Report (ALL)
    • DPI Strategic Planning (ALL)
    • Download NEW Nibbles for Health Parent Newsletters Today! (ALL)
    • Feeding Infants in the CACFP (ALL)
  • CACFP Bulletin October 2024-01 (10/12/23)

    • Reminder: CACFP Contract Renewal (ALL but FDCH)

    • Eligibility Requirements: For-Profit Centers

    • Updated CACFP Consultant Agency Assignments (ALL)

    • Independent Centers: Annual CACFP Financial Report due November 1st (ALL but FDCH)

    • Translated Materials (ALL)

    • Feeding Infants and Meal Pattern Requirements in CACFP (ALL)

    • Now Available! New Food Yields Added to the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs Interactive Web-based Tool and FBG Mobile App! (ALL)

    • New Team Nutrition Training Modules on FBG and Exhibit A Grains Tool

 

For questions about this information, contact CNT (608) 267-9129