The Child and Adult Meal Patterns in the CACFP
The Child and Adult Meal Pattern in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) online course.The Early Childhood Development Act of 2020 (Senate Bill (SB) 98, Chapter 24, Statutes of 2020) authorized the transfer of child care and development programs administered by the California Department of Education to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) effective July 1, 2021. The content on this page may not be current and involves the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) that has moved to CDSS. Visit the CDSS CACFP web page
or call 1-833-559-2420 for more information.
Course Description
This online course describes the requirements for the child and adult meal patterns in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). This course was updated as of November 2018 and consolidated the child and adult meal patterns into one training.
- Course Number: 714
- Training Length: 60 minutes
- Certificate: Yes
- Target Audience: CACFP child and adult day care centers, CACFP day care home sponsors, and CACFP family child care home providers
- Mandatory: No
- Cost: Free
- Date Recorded: December 2018
Online Course
Begin the The Child and Adult Meal Patterns in the CACFP
course.
Referenced Resources
The following resources are referred to throughout this online course:
- California Department of Education (CDE) Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs) Course Catalog web page
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Team Nutrition CACFP Meal Pattern Training Tools web page
- California Department of Public Health Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Authorized Food List Shopping Guide web page
- USDA State WIC Contacts web page
- USDA Food Buying Guide for CNPs web page
- CDE Determining Creditable Grains Tip Sheet. Tip sheet located under the Resources Tab of the CDE CACFP Meal Patterns web page
Crediting
- Crediting: 1 hour
- Key Area:
Nutrition (1000)
- Training Topic: Menu Planning (1100)
- Learning Objective: Plan menus that meet USDA nutrition requirements (1110)
- Training Topic: Menu Planning (1100)
Additional Information
For more information on the CACFP NMP, access the following resources:
- USDA Child Meal Pattern
(PDF) chart
- USDA Adult Meal Pattern
(PDF) chart
Contact Us
Child care centers or day care home sponsoring organizations: Please contact the CACFP Nutrition Team by email at CACFPmealpatterns@cde.ca.gov.
Family child care home providers: If you have questions about the course content, please contact your sponsoring organization. If you have technical difficulties, please contact the CACFP Nutrition Team by email at CACFPmealpatterns@cde.ca.gov.
