CACFP Week is a national educational and information campaign sponsored annually by the National CACFP Sponsors Association designed to raise awareness of how the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program works to combat hunger. The CACFP brings healthy foods to tables across the country for children in child care centers, homes and afterschool, as well as for adults in day care.

If you ordered printed materials for National CACFP Week, please expect delivery in the next few weeks. If you were not able to order materials, don’t worry! New and updated digital materials will be available soon on SquareMeals.org.

Team Nutrition released a comprehensive menu planner guide to support CACFP providers in meeting meal pattern requirements and serving high-quality breakfast meals and snacks! Planners include sample menus, activities, checklists, and kid-tested and approved recipes! Menu planners are found on SquareMeals here, available in English and Spanish!

Contracting entities can now assign two User Access Managers/User Admins (UAM/UA) to manage security in TX-UNPS/WBSCM system.

January 11 - 1:00pm- Summer Meals Sponsoring Organizations and Program Operators on Non-Congregate Summer Meal Service for Rural Areas Register here

The deadline for Contracting Entities (CEs) to submit the Summer Mandate Intent in TXUNPS is January 31, 2024.

CEs that do not wish to renew their participation must submit a written request to terminate their FND Permanent Agreement by mutual consent. If a mutual termination request is not received, for those that do not participate in a program year, they must reapply as new if they wish to resume operations in the next program year.

All Contracting Entities (CEs) are required to complete the SFSP training prior to application submittal. If training completion cannot be verified, your application will be returned without being reviewed and you will not be eligible to operate the program until such time as the training can be verified and the renewal application is approved. At a minimum, the sponsor’s supervisory personnel responsible for the food service must complete SFSP program administration and operations training available online or at a local ESC location.

January 15: TDA will post a training video on Squaremeals that will be approximately 1 hour in length on the application and budget, followed by 1 hour of mandatory USDA topics. This training will cover the required training CEs need to attend in order to have their applications processed. More info to come.

April 10 & 11: SFSP LIVE training via Zoom. See below for link to sign up. You MUST attend BOTH days to receive credit.

ChooseMyPlate.gov helps young people learn and develop healthy attitudes that will last them a lifetime!

Find materials for child care professionals, including trainers and food handlers, and parents on food safety, diapering, and hand hygiene.

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National CACFP Sponsors Association
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
• School Nutrition Association (SNA)
• Texas Association for School Nutrition