CNP Resources for Child Care Centers

• And Justice For All Poster
• CACFP Civil Rights Video Training
• CACFP Healthy Meal Patterns Video Training
• Civil Rights Compliance
• Family Style Dining Guide
• KidKare Support
• Reimbursement Rates & Acceptable Meal Times
• Weekly Milk Calculator

• 5-day Children Menu (blank)
• 5-day Infant Menu (blank)
• 5-day Individual Infant Menu (blank)
• 5-day Individual Infant Meal Count Record (blank)
• Allowed and Not Allowed Reference
• Daily Weekly Monthly Checklist
• CACFP Time Sheet (daily, for individual teachers) 
• Fluid Milk Substitution Form
• Food/Non-Food Cost Worksheet
• Master List – Ohio CACFP
• Meal Pattern Chart
• Paper and Digital Monthly Center Checklist
• Personnel Costs (recap of all the teacher’s time sheets)
• Reimbursement Options
• Special Diet Form

CACFP forms that are required to be in a center’s enrollment packet:

1. Building for the Future/Nondiscrimination Policy
2. Infant Meals – Parent Preference Letter
3. Income Eligibility Application Packet 2024-2025 (IEA)
4. Income Eligibility Form 2024-2025 (IEA)
5. Enrollment Form
6. WIC – FAQs
7. WIC – Eligibility in Ohio

Maintaining accurate records of meals served to children enrolled in the Child Nutrition Program is important to helping you maximize reimbursements. Watch this video to learn how to use the CACFP Master Tracker.

Have you recently received a corrective action from your food program specialist? This video will help you understand how to complete and submit a CACFP Corrective Action plan to help get you back on track.

CACFP funds child care providers so they can serve healthy meals and snacks to children in their care. In order to receive funds a provider must document food, milk and supply receipts as a part of the monthly CACFP plan. Find out how to enter receipts in this video and use this study guide too.

How do you ensure children get enough grains during meals and snacks? Learn how to meet the CACFP requirements in this video.