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Resources to help you plan and organize:

Breastfed Babies Welcome
Cooking Up Healthy Habits – A Guide to CACFP Meals
Creditable and Non-Creditable Cheeses in the CACFP
Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Commercially Prepared Combination Food Items
Foods for Infants in the CACFP
First Children’s Finance Loan Info
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Program
Healthy Snack Ideas
Household Size-Income Scale for the CACFP-Family Day Care Home Providers
How to Get Kids to Eat? Don’t Try!
Identifying Cereal Sugar Limits
Infants: Crediting Infant Foods

Food Program Meal Patterns (Wisconsin DPI Handouts)
CACFP Reference Guide (Sugar Limits, WI WIC Approved Cereals, Identifying Whole Grain Rich)
Programa de atención alimentaria para niños y adultos (CACFP) GUÍA DE REFERENCIA
Cereals
Feeding Infants Handout
Fruit and Vegetable Component Handout
Grain Component Handout
Milk Component Handout
Meat/Meat Alternate Component
Checklist for New Meal Pattern
Cheese Slices and Nut & Seed Butters
Creditable Non-Dairy Beverages

Food Program Meal Pattern Training Tools (USDA Handouts)
Calculating Sugar Limits for Breakfast Cereals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Calculating Sugar Limits for Yogurt in the Child and Adults Care Food Program
Choose Yogurts that are Lower in Added Sugars  Elija yogures con bajo contenido de azúcares añadidas
Choose Breakfast Cereals that are Lower in Added Sugars  Elija cereales para el desayuno bajos en azúcares añadidas
Serving Milk in the CACFP  Servir leche en el CACFP
Growing a Healthier Future with CACFP Desarrollando un futuro más saludable con el CACFP
Grain-Based Desserts in CACFP 
Methods for Healthy Cooking
Serving Meat and Meat Alternates at Breakfast
Serving Snacks in the CACFP  Servir meriendas o refrigerios en el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos
Serving Vegetables in the CACFP  Sirviendo vegetales en el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos
Using the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP El uso de la etiqueta de información nutricional en el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos
How to Spot Whole Grain-Rich Foods for the CACFP Cómo identificar alimentos ricos en grano integral en el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos
Is My Recipe Whole Grain-Rich in the Child and Adult Care Food Program? ¿Es mi receta considerada rica en grano integral en el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos?
Using Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food Lists To Identify Grains for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Cómo usar las listas de alimentos del Programa Especial de Nutrición Suplementaria para Mujeres, Bebés y Niños (WIC) para identificar granos en el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos
Nibbles for Health: Nutrition Newsletter for Parents of Young Children
Policy Regarding Provider Suspension from Wisconsin Shares
Replacing Grain-based Desserts
Sample Menus
Tips for Incorporating Whole Grain-Rich Grains
Tom Copeland’s Taking Care of Business Blog
USDA Thirty on Thursdays: Training Webinars for New Meal Pattern Requirements
Wisconsin WIC Approved Whole Grains

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