2022 National Child Nutrition Conference Program

36TH NATIONAL

CHILD
NUTRITION

CACFP · AFTERSCHOOL MEALS · SUMMER FOOD

April 18-22, 2022 April 19-21, 2022

Hyatt Regency New Orleans Virtual Sessions

cacfp.org

Greetings and Welcome Board Members

PRESIDENT
Blake Stanford, CMP
President
SW Human Development Services
Austin, Texas

ONAL VICE PRESIDENT
Rhonda Kobylecky, CMP, CCNP
LD Director of Food Services
Acelero Learning
Dear Conference Attendees, Las Vegas, Nevada

On behalf of the National CACFP Sponsors Association, welcome to our 36th annual National TREASURER
Denise Andrews, CMP, CCNP
RITIONChild Nutrition Conference! Director
We are so glad to have you with us for the in-person conference or from your home office if you For the Children
are joining us for the virtual sessions only. Vici, Oklahoma

Onsite, we have dozens of workshops, featured sessions, shop talks, exhibit hall resources and SECRETARY
more. Virtual sessions are available on-demand through May 15th so you have plenty of time Alix Pasillas, CMP, CCNP
to learn from these sessions at your convenience. Plan to get new ideas, training to share, and at Executive Director
Food for Kids, Inc.
HOOL MEALSleast one a-ha moment this y·earS. UMMER FOOD Reno, Nevada
As we move through this historic time in our country, it is urgent that we continue expanding
access to our programs for our underserved populations and ensuring we are able to train and Deborah Gillison-Wilson, CMP, CCNP
assist our program operators in their efforts to embrace the CACFP, Afterschool Meals, and Executive Director
Summer Food programs. Working together collaboratively is critical to achieving that goal Georgia Nutritional Services, Inc.
whether we are able to meet in person or connect online. Conyers, Georgia

We honor your role in ensuring that all children have access to healthy food and thank you for Vicki Lipscomb, CMP
being a part of the conversation at our conference. President
Child Nutrition Program, Inc.
Sincerely, Charlotte, North Carolina

Melissa Moore, CCNP
Director of Programs
Family League of Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Robin Paul, CMP, CCNP
Chief Executive Officer
Mid-Michigan Child Care Centers
Freeland, Michigan

National CACFP Sponsors Association Board President Gabriela Rangel, CMP, CCNP

Director
Child and Family Resources
Tucson, Arizona

The Board of Directors of the National CACFP Sponsors Association (NCA) and the Annetta F. Rutland, CMP, CCNP
2022 Conference Committee would like to express its deepest appreciation to all of Strategic Director, Quality Programs
those individuals and organizations whose talent and time have made this conference an 4C for Children
outstanding example of collaboration and success. We honor your contributions to our Cincinnati, Ohio
educational mission and thank you for helping make this conference a showcase for the
CACFP and SFSP community. Kati Wagner, CMP, CCNP
President
Wildwood CACFP
Centennial, Colorado

2 National CACFP Sponsors Association

Schedule of Events Table of Contents

Monday, April 18, 2022 Schedule At-A-Glance ............................4-5
Workshops Index....................................6-7
10:00 am - 8:00 pm Conference Registration Check-In Sponsored by Shop Talks Index.......................................7
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Preconference Training Academy ^ General Information .......................... 8-10
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm CACFP Professionals Certification Overview Breakfast & Lunch.....................................8
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Navigating the Conference Q&A Monday Preconference
Training Academies ...............................12
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Hybrid Onsite/Virtual (Central Time) Featured Sessions.................13, 14, 15, 48
Tuesday Preconference
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Conference Registration Check-In CACFP Creditable Resources for Professionals Training Academies ........................ 14-15
8:00 am - 9:00 am CACFP Creditable Resources for Professionals Partners, Sponsors, Exhibitors ..............16
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Preconference Training Academy ^ More on Meal Patterns Exhibit Hall Map .....................................17
9:00 am - 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open National Conference General Session General Session................................. 18-20
9:15 am - 10:15 am More on Meal Patterns Crediting Basics and Beyond Friend of CACFP.......................................20
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm National Conference General Session Workshops One...................................... 22
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Workshops Session One CACFP Inspire Awards ..................... 24-25
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open Shop Talks.............................24, 35, 36, 47
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Get Connected Welcome Reception Learning Institutes............................ 26-27
Welcome Featured Speakers..................28
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Hybrid Onsite/Virtual (Central Time) Workshops Two...................................... 29
NCA Annual Meeting & Board
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Information Desk Open CACFP Inspire Awards
7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast, Coffee & Conversation of Director Candidates........................ 30
7:15 am - 7:45 am CACFP Inspire Awards CACFP 101 Workshops Three.....................................31
7:15 am - 7:45 am Shop Talk USDA CACFP Policy Update Workshops Four......................................33
8:00 am - 9:00 am Learning Institutes Eat. Create. Cultivate. Fun with Food Through Positive Workshops Five.................................. 34-35
9:15 am - 10:15 am Featured Speaker Session Mealtime Experiences USDA Town Hall.......................................36
Workshops Six.........................................37
10:30 am - 11:30 am Workshops Session Two Racial Justice Resources with SSIC Workshops Seven....................................39
CACFP Administrative Budgets Workshops Eight......................................41
11:00 am - 2:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open Developing a CACFP Budget CACFP Professionals’ Celebration..........42
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Workshops Nine......................................43
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm NCA Annual Meeting * Workshops Ten........................................45
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Workshops Session Three Closing Featured Speakers ....................46
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Workshops Session Four Friday Bonus Sessions............................48
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Workshops Session Five State Agency Collaboration....................48
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Shop Talk Exhibitor Directory ........................... 50-52
Presenter Directory .......................... 53-78
Thursday, April 21, 2022 Hybrid Onsite/Virtual (Central Time) Certificate of Participation ....................81
Hotel Map ...............................................82
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Information Desk Open USDA Town Hall
Run Your Race: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself 3
7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast, Coffee & Conversation Smart & Creditable Snacks
Digestible Bites: Modifying Foods for Special Diets
7:15 am - 7:45 am Shop Talk
CACFP Menu Planning 101
7:15 am - 7:45 am USDA Town Hall CACFP Menu Planning 101
USDA SFSP Policy Update
8:00 am - 9:00 am Workshops Session Six

9:15 am - 10:15 am Workshops Session Seven

10:30 am - 11:30 am Workshops Session Eight

10:30 am - 1:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm CACFP Professionals’ Celebration *

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Workshops Session Nine

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Workshops Session Ten

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Featured Speaker Session

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Shop Talk

Friday, April 22, 2022

8:00 am - 10:00 am CORE Training: Management Plans ^

8:00 am - 12:00 pm ICN Training: Food Safety in Childcare ^

8:00 am - 9:00 am Ask Us Anything Session #1: Afterschool Meals, Homes, Centers, Head Start, Meal Patterns, Policy

9:00 am - 10:00 am CACFP Creditable Resources for Professionals
9:15 am - 10:15 am Ask Us Anything Session #2: NCA Board, Succession Planning, Adult Care, SFSP, Monitoring
9:30 am - 11:00 am State Agency Collaboration *
10:30 am - 12:30 pm CORE Training: Trainer Success ^
10:30 am - 11:00 am CACFP Certification Overview

* By invitation only ^ Pre-Registration Required

Schedules are subject to change after printing. Please refer to the Yapp app or cacfp.org/conference to stay informed.

Tuesday, April 19th Sessions in orange are hybrid/onsite virtual sessions. All sessions are in Central Time. They will be available to watch on-demand through May 15, 2022.

7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration and Information Desk Open - Empire Foyer
8:00 am - 9:00 am CACFP Creditable Resources for Professionals- Celestin DE
9:00 am - 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open - Elite A
9:15 am - 10:15 am More on Meal Patterns - Celestin DE

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm National Conference General Session - Celestin Ballroom

Celestin ABC Celestin DE Celestin FGH Bolden 1 Empire B Empire C Empire D Strand 10 Strand 11 Strand 12 Strand 13

3:15 pm - Workshops Connecting Meal Times Crediting Basics & Beyond: Culturally Receptive Meals Creating a Breastfeeding- Flawless Audits for The Recipe for Healthy Innovate SFSP with Super Dishing Up Local Foods The Scary “A” Word - Professional Networking Statewide Collaboration:
4:15 pm Session to Learning Outcomes An In-Depth Look at the Friendly Child Care Multi-Program and Multi- Emotions and Eating Fun Events and Creative with Farm to CACFP Engaging in Advocacy with Strategies and Tips Developing Guidance for
One Framework Crediting Handbook for Program State Sponsors Promotions Your CACFP Sites Meal Quality
the CACFP

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open - Elite A
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Get Connected Welcome Reception - Elite A

Wednesday, April 20th

7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration and Information Desk Open - Empire Foyer
7:00 am - 8:00 am
7:15 am - 7:45 am Breakfast, Coffee & Conversation - Storyville Hall
7:15 am - 7:45 am
CACFP Inspire Awards - Celestin DE

Shop Talks - Refer to page 24 for locations

Celestin ABC Celestin DE Celestin FGH Empire A Empire B Empire C Empire D Strand 10 Strand 11 Strand 12 Strand 13

8:00 am - Learning State Agency CACFP 101 CACFP 201 CACFP 100 CACFP 301 Summer Food Service CACFP 501 CACFP 401 SFSP 100
9:00 am Institutes Program

9:15 am - Featured Offering Comfort, USDA CACFP Policy Operational Strategies for
10:15 am Speaker Resilience and Hope During Update Afterschool Meals and
Sessions Challenging Times Summer Food Service

10:30 am - Workshops Developmentally Eat. Create. Cultivate. Fun Creating a Successful Going Digital Painlessly: A Chef’s Impact on CACFP Child Nutrition Mindful Eating Sponsoring Summer My Kid Plate Garden Engaging Your Community
11:30 am Session Appropriate Practices and with Food Through Positive At-Risk Afterschool Meal Making Your Work Life Reauthorization Food: Keys to Financial Project in Your Meal Program
Two Diversity in Early Education Mealtime Experiences Program Easier Management

11:00 am - 2:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open - Elite A
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch - Elite A
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm National CACFP Sponsors Association Annual Meeting - Members Only

2:00 pm - Workshops Identifying Whole Racial Justice Resources Healthy Habits to Improve CACFP Training Program Solutions & Strategies Serious Deficiency Best Practices in Garden to Healthy Beginnings Create How Louisiana Increased A “SAVI” Approach to Teen
3:00 pm Session Grain-Rich from Sesame Street in Your Life and Nutrition Calendar for Evolving At-Risk Out Process Early Childhood Healthy Futures: Equity in CACFP Participation Obesity Prevention
Three Communities of School Time Meal ECE Programs
The CICN Presents an Programs
CACFP Administrative Exploration of Flavor
3:15 pm - Workshops Nuts and Bolts of Meal Budgets Strategies to Increase Farm to Classroom: In Their Words: How Meal All About Beans Supper’s Ready: Insight into CACFP
4:15 pm Session Planning for Child Care Food & Health Equity: What CACFP Participation Teaching Children About Providers Survived and Transitioning from Snacks Providers’ Purchasing
Four Centers Role Can I Play? Healthy Foods Thrived to Supper Behavior

Continuous Quality
Improvement

4:30 pm - Workshops Nutritious Ideas for Head Developing a CACFP Leveraging Free The World from Our Front Managing Food Allergies in A Rainbow a Week: Civil Rights 101: Healthier CACFP Gold Leveraging Lessons Nonprofit Board
5:30 pm Session Start Budget Technology for CACFP Porch: Connect Vocabulary Child Care Centers Embracing Our Meal Compliance with Civil Award: Promoting Best Learned to Improve Your Recruitment and
Five with Seed to Table Patterns Rights Requirements Practices Summer Food Development

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Shop Talks - Refer to page 35 for locations

Thursday, April 21st Sessions in orange are hybrid/onsite virtual sessions. All sessions are in Central Time. They will be available to watch on-demand through May 15, 2022.

7:00 am - 6:00 pm Information Desk Open - Empire Foyer
7:00 am - 8:00 am
7:15 am - 7:45 am Breakfast, Coffee & Conversation - Storyville Hall
7:15 am - 7:45 am
Shop Talks - Refer to page 36 for locations

USDA Town Hall - Celestin DE

Celestin ABC Celestin DE Celestin FGH Empire A Empire B Empire C Empire D Strand 10 Strand 11 Strand 12 Strand 13

8:00 am - Workshops Summer Meals: Outreach Run Your Race: Becoming Steps to Success Smarten Up Snack Time Civil Rights Compliance Ingredients for Nutrition in Iteration, Innovation CACFP Participation in How to Better Interpret Menu Planning Made Easy: Breastfeeding at CACFP
9:00 am Session and Promotion During the the Best Version of Sponsoring Centers and Special Diets in the Early Childhood and Collaboration: Child Centers by State Food & Nutrition Headlines Health-e Pro Software Sites
Six Pandemic Yourself CACFP Nutrition and Community to Guide Your Work Demonstration
Wellness Hubs

9:15 am - Workshops Lessons Learned: Smart & Creditable Snacks Investigating Fraud, Waste Ask Us Anything About Navigating At-Risk Creating a Mobile Making a Muffin Tin Sesame Street in Sowing a Brighter Future
10:15 am Session Partnerships to Address & Abuse in Federally Food as Medicine Afterschool Programs Summer Meals & Recipe Box Communities’ Resources for Louisiana
Seven Food Insecurity Funded Programs Community Food Access for Health Emergencies
Policies and Procedures for Passport to Latino Operation
CACFP Success Traditions and Culture Awareness,
Impacting Food Choices Movement & Fun: Learn Connectedness, and
From Hot to Cold: Create in America Ways to Promote Active Action: Equity and
an Award Winning SFSP Play with Infants and Anti-racism
Cold Lunch Menu Toddlers
10:30 am - Workshops Cutting Through Digestible Bites: Modifying ABCs of a Healthy Me CACFP in Emergency Lessons Learned: Serving Straw Bales: A New Way
11:30 am Session Carbohydrate Confusion Foods for Special Diets Housing Shelters 5.5 Million Meals in a to Garden
Eight Pandemic

10:30 am - 1:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open - Elite A
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch - Elite A
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm CACFP Professionals’ Celebration - By Invitation Only

1:15 pm - Workshops Why Nutrition Matters in On-Trend CACFP Recipes Taking the Paper Out of Partnering with Community Advancing Health Equity Awareness, Perspectives on Promoting Creative Solutions to Share Successes: Happily
2:15 pm Session Head Start CACFP Paperwork Nonprofits to Expand ARAS in Child Nutrition Accommodations, Access to the CACFP Provide Nutrition Education Healthy Meal Kits
Nine and SFSP Management: Diabetes in During a Pandemic
Start Strong: A Cooking the CACFP
Curriculum for Family Child
CACFP Menu Planning 101 Care Providers

2:30 pm - Workshops iTrain, You Train: Tools and Grant Writing 101 CACFP and Head Start Leveraging Lessons CACFP Meal Component Accommodating Gardens in Childcare Multi-Sector Collaboration Nutrition Education with
3:30 pm Session Strategies for Training Your Food Service Regulations Learned to Improve Your Jeopardy Participants with to Achieve Nutrition Equity the Greater Baton Rouge
Ten CACFP Staff Afterschool Meals Disabilities in Community Food Bank
Meals

3:45 pm - Featured Arts Integration and the USDA SFSP Policy Update Get Off the Rollercoaster
4:45 pm Speaker Health of the Whole Child and Take the Journey to
Sessions Wellness

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Shop Talks - Refer to page 47 for locations

Friday, April 22nd

7:00 am - 12:00 pm Information Desk Open - Imperial Foyer

Bolden 1 Bolden 2 Bolden 3 Bolden 4 Bolden 5 Bolden 6

8:00 am - Ask Us At-Risk Afterschool Opportunities Sponsoring Family Homes Head Start Guidance Meal Patterns Policy & Advocacy Sponsoring Child Care Centers
9:00 am Anything
Open Sponsoring Adult Day Cares Summer Food Service Monitoring
House #1

9:00 am - 10:00 am CACFP Creditable Resources for Professionals - Imperial 10

9:15 am - Ask Us Being on the NCA Board Succession Planning
10:15 am Anything
Open
House #2

10:30 am - 11:00 am CACFP Certification Overview - Imperial 10

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Workshops & Shop Talks

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ABCs of a Healthy Me 41 Eat. Create. Cultivate. Fun with Food Through Positive 29
Mealtime Experiences
Accommodating Participants with Disabilities in Community
Meals 45 Engaging Your Community in Your Meal Program 29

Advancing Health Equity in Child Nutrition 43 Farm to Classroom: Teaching Children About Healthy Foods 33

All About Beans 33 Flawless Audits for Multi-Program and Multi-State Sponsors 22

Ask Us Anything About Food as Medicine 39 Food & Health Equity: What Role Can I Play? 33

Awareness, Accommodations, Management: Diabetes in 43 From Hot to Cold: Create an Award Winning SFSP Cold 41
the CACFP Lunch Menu 45

Awareness, Connectedness, and Action: Equity and 39 Gardens in Childcare
Anti-Racism

Best Practices in Garden to Early Childhood 31 Going Digital Painlessly: Making Your Work Life Easier 29

Breastfeeding at CACFP Sites 37 Grant Writing 101 45

CACFP Administrative Budgets 33 Healthier CACFP Gold Award: Promoting Best Practices 34
31
CACFP in Emergency Housing Shelters 41 Healthy Beginnings Create Healthy Futures: Equity in 31
ECE Programs
CACFP and Head Start Food Service Regulations 45
Healthy Habits to Improve Your Life

CACFP Meal Component Jeopardy 45 How Louisiana Increased CACFP Production 31

CACFP Menu Planning 101 43 How to Better Interpret Food & Nutrition Headlines to 37
Guide Your Work
CACFP Participation in Centers by State 37

CACFP Training Program & Nutrition Calendar 31 Identifying Whole Grain-Rich 31

A Chef’s Impact on CACFP 29 Ingredients for Nutrition in Early Childhood 37

Child Nutrition Reauthorization 29 Innovate SFSP with Super Fun Events and Creative Promotions 22

The CICN Presents an Exploration of Flavor 31 Insight into CACFP Providers’ Purchasing Behavior 33

Civil Rights 101: Compliance with Civil Rights Requirements 34 In Their Words: How Meal Providers Survived and Thrived 33
39
Civil Rights Compliance and Special Diets in the CACFP 37 Investigating Fraud, Waste & Abuse in Federally Funded
Programs

Connecting Meal Times to Learning Outcomes Framework 22 Iteration, Innovation and Celebration: Child Nutrition and 37
Community Wellness Hubs
Continuous Quality Improvement 33

Creating a Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Program 22 iTrain, You Train: Tools and Strategies for Training Your 45
CACFP Staff

Creating a Mobile Summer Meals & Community Food Access 39 Lessons Learned: Partnerships to Address Food Insecurity 39
Operation

Creating a Successful At-Risk Afterschool Meal Program 29 Lessons Learned: Serving 5.5 Million Meals in a Pandemic 41

Creative Solutions to Provide Nutrition Education During Leveraging Free Technology for CACFP 35
a Pandemic
43

Crediting Basics and Beyond: An In-Depth Look at the Crediting Leveraging Lessons Learned to Improve Your 45
Handbook for the CACFP Afterschool Meals
22

Leveraging Lessons Learned to Improve Your Summer Food 34

Culturally Receptive Meals 22 Making a Muffin Tin Recipe Box 39

Cutting Through Carbohydrate Confusion 41 Managing Food Allergies in Child Care Centers 34

Developing a CACFP Budget 35 Menu Planning Made Easy: Health-e Pro
Software Demonstration
Developmentally Appropriate Practices and Diversity in 37
Early Education
29

Mindful Eating 29

Digestible Bites: Modifying Foods for Special Diets 41 Movement & Fun: Learn Ways to Promote Active Play with
Infants and Toddlers
Dishing Up Local Foods with Farm to CACFP 22 41

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Workshops Page Shop Talks Page

Multi-Sector Collaboration to Achieve Nutrition Equity 45 37th NCNC: San Diego Suggestions 47
Communicating with Physicians 24
My Kid Plate Garden Project 29 Conference Management Tricks of the Trade 35
COVID, Nutrition & Food Safety 36
Navigating At-Risk Afterschool Programs 39 Engaging in Local Advocacy 47
Field Trip Meals for Children in CACFP 24
Nonprofit Board Recruitment and Development 34 Financial Backups for Fiscal Audits 36
Food Banks in the CACFP 35
Nutrition Education with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank 45 Fundraising Brainstorm 47
Healthy Foods in Head Start 36
Nutritious Ideas for Head Start 34 Leading Physical Activities with Adults 36
Limiting Food Waste in Child Care 35
Nuts and Bolts of Meal Planning for Child Care Centers 33 Managing Remote Teams 47
Meaningful Networking 24
On-Trend CACFP Recipes 43 Nutrition Calendar Training Program 35
Nutrition Needs in Tribal Nations 47
Partnering with Community Nonprofits to Expand ARAS and 43 Paperless: Afterschool, Summer and Family Childcare 24
SFSP Promoting Yourself 35
Social Media Channels: Connecting with Your Audience 36
Passport to Latino Traditions and Culture Impacting Food 41 USDA Listening Session for Sponsoring Organizations 35
Choices in America USDA Listening Session for State Agencies 47
Virtual Partnerships: How to Foster Relationships in a Digital 36
Perspectives on Promoting Access to the CACFP 43 World

Policies and Procedures for CACFP Success 39

Professional Networking: Strategies and Tips 22

Racial Justice Resources with Sesame Street in Communities 31

A Rainbow a Week: Embracing Our Meal Patterns 35

The Recipe for Healthy Emotions and Eating 22

Run Your Race: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself 37

A “SAVI” Approach to Teen Obesity Prevention 31

The Scary “A” Word: Engaging in Advocacy with Your 22
CACFP Sites

Serious Deficiency Process 31

Sesame Street in Communities’ Resources for Health 39
Emergencies

Share Successes: Happily Healthy Meal Kits 43

Smart & Creditable Snacks 39

Smarten Up Snack Time 37

Solutions & Strategies for Evolving At-Risk Out of School Time 31
Meal Programs
What Does That Orange Box Mean?
Sowing a Brighter Future for Louisiana 39 Celestin DE

Sponsoring Summer Food: Keys to Financial Management 29 You’ll notice that some sessions have an orange box around them like this.
These are our hybrid onsite/virtual sessions, which means that you can still
Start Strong: A Cooking Curriculum for Family Child Care 43 choose to attend them live in person or via Zoom, but you can also attend
Providers a different session during the same time and watch these later on-demand
through May 15, 2022. All of these sessions will be held in Celestin DE.
Statewide Collaboration: Developing Guidance for Meal Quality 22

Steps to Success Sponsoring Centers 37

Strategies to Increase CACFP Participation 33

Straw Bales: A New Way to Garden 41

Summer Meals: Outreach and Promotion During the Pandemic 37 stay informed

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Taking the Paper Out of CACFP Paperwork 43
Find presentation slides and handouts on the app.
The World from Our Front Porch: Connecting Vocabulary with 35
Seed to Table

Why Nutrition Matters in Head Start 43

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Breakfast, Coffee & Conversation | 7:00 am - 8:00 am Storyville Hall

Get the day started with a breakfast buffet. Grab a warm cup of your favorite caffeinated or
non-caffeinated drink and make your way to our early programming!

Wednesday, April 20 | Coffee, tea, bagels & cream cheese, yogurt, whole fruit

Thursday, April 21 | Coffee, tea, bakery items, hard-boiled eggs, whole fruit

Lunch and Learn | Elite A

Enjoy a mid-day meal while networking with other attendees or quietly reflecting on your learning.
Wednesday, April 20 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Oven roasted free range chicken sandwich with
penne pasta salad, chips, whole fruit, chocolate chip cookie
Thursday, April 21 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Sliced roast beef sandwich with traditional potato salad,
chips, whole fruit, brownie

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Elmo will be traveling to New Orleans all the way from Sesame Street!

Take a look at the schedule to see when you can meet the lovable, furry monster.

Date Time Location

Wednesday, April 20 7:30 am - 8:00 am Empire Lobby

Wednesday, April 20 8:45 am - 9:15 am Outside Celestin ABC

Wednesday, April 20 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Exhibit Hall @NCA Booth

Wednesday, April 20 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Celestin Lobby

Thursday, April 21 7:15 am - 7:45 am Empire Lobby

Thursday, April 21 9:00 am - 9:15 am Strand Lobby

Thursday, April 21 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Exhibit Hall @NCA Booth

Thursday, April 21 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Exhibit Hall @NCA Booth

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Monday, April 18

Preconference Training Academy

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Pre-registration required. See your ticket for room location.

CACFP 101: S2 Up and Moving! S1
Homes and Centers Increasing Physical
Activity in ECE Settings
New to the Child and Adult Care Food Program?
Learn the basics of CACFP from experienced Let’s get children up and moving! Take a deep dive
sponsor operators. This 101 course will cover into the best practices for physical activity, then
program administration, program operations, look at the importance of goal setting and action
nutrition, financial management, nonprofit planning to support policy changes at your early
management and civil rights as required to operate care and education setting. You will be able to use
a CACFP sponsoring organization. knowledge gained to create an action plan that
helps you teach the importance of physical activity
Blake Stanford, CMP, Southwest Human Development and ultimately develop positive habits with children, families and the
Vicki Lipscomb, CMP, Child Nutrition Program community.
Kate Abernathy, CMP, CCNP, LDN, MS, RDN, Providers Choice

Rebekah Duchette, BSN, RN, Nemours Children’s Health System
Tracy Cheney, MEd, Dr. Day Care

Show Me the Money: Getting Summer Food: Planning,
Through the Budget Participation, Policy &
Approvals Process S5 Partnering for Success

Discover the impact the management plan has The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is an
on the budget; what constitutes a related party important tool for addressing the nutrition gap low-
transaction; and who has the burden of proof for income children face when the school year ends. Success depends on
ensuring proposed costs are necessary, reasonable, collaboration, proactive planning and partnerships. Whether you are
and allowable. Training will include group a CACFP sponsor operating SFSP for the first time or a year-round
activities, discussion on proposed program costs sponsor looking to expand your current operations, come learn what
that are often questioned, and tools to assist with you need to know and leave with practical resources and a concrete
avoiding common budget submission mistakes. plan to reach more children with nutritious meals during the summer
months.
Cherese Myree, CFE, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC
Monica Miles, CPA, CFE, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC Crystal FitzSimons, MSW, Food Research and Action Center

Looking for more #CACFPCreditable ideas?

Creditable Recipes & Blog Sample Cycle Menus

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Monday

Receive credits for attending

Certificate of Participation
Many organizations offer continuing education units for training. Track your sessions and submit your certificate of
participation directly to your credentialing organization to request credit.

Specialty ID# Specialties S4 - Program Administration
S5 - Financial Management
Each session and workshop provides hours towards your S1 - Nutrition S6 - Management
S2 - Program Operations S7 - Civil Rights & Policy
CACFP Professional Certifications. Log all the sessions S3 - Training and Technology

you have attended on the Certificate of Participation log

on page 81. S# Room location

*signifies no CEU

Over 26 hours of CEUs are available for attending.

Tracking your CEUs just got a whole lot easier... log your hours

You can download your CEU certificates directly through your Info Hub. Page 81
Log into your account at info.cacfp.org/MIC/Login to get certificates for
the onsite conference, preconference and postconference training, and
any sessions you attend virtually through May 15, 2022. Certificates will
be in your Info Hub at the end of May.

Featured Sessions

CACFP Professionals Certification Navigating the Conference Q&A
Overview
Empire B | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Empire B | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Learn more about what to expect, how to navigate the schedule
Interested in learning more about how to earn the CACFP and where you need to be to get the most out of the 2022 national
Management Professional or the CACFP Child Nutrition Professional conference. We’ll make sure you are able to walk away from this
designation? Join us to hear why the program was started, what the jam-packed conference with new insights and knowledge to use
qualifications are, and next steps to getting the certification complete. and share with colleagues back in the office. Get prepared to take
home credit hours, handouts from presenters, conference swag,
Missed it? Repeat session on Friday! exhibitor samples, and new contacts from the USDA, state agencies,
sponsoring organizations and providers.

Resources and more at cacfp.org/recipes-menus

Nutrition Education Creditable Directory

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Tuesday, April 19

Preconference Training Academy

8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Pre-registration required. See your ticket for room location.

Menu Planning for the S2 Head Start: S2
CACFP From the
Kitchen to the
Develop meal planning techniques that can be Classroom
used to serve healthy and appealing meals and
snacks that meet CACFP and preschool meal Head Start sites have been
pattern requirements. Learn how to accommodate practicing family style-meal
food allergies, incorporate multi-cultural recipes service for years. Come learn
and locally-sourced foods, develop strategies for classroom activities and
creating custom menus, and go home with menus knowledge you can share with
you can use immediately or as inspiration. your center staff. Together,
attendees will learn to scale recipes to accommodate the number
Susan Ison, CMP, Helping Hands of children in your program. Discover new ways to collect in-kind
Katie Chatfield, RDN, MPH, Providers Choice dollars by engaging your parents with participation in the classroom
Melinda Nguyen, LD, MS, RDN, Texas Department of during snack time, Parent Family Community Engagement (PFCE
Agriculture Framework). Participate in an open Q&A with our panel on waivers,
CACFP Meal Patterns, PFCE Framework, and any other questions
you may have.

Rhonda Kobylecky, CCNP, CMP, Acelero Learning
Sheila Tompkins-Hess, Division of Child & Family Services
Shauna Payne, AAP, Tallatoona Community Action Partnership
Stephanie Manchester, CCNP, CMP, Acelero Learning Monmouth/Middlesex

Featured Sessions

CACFP Creditable Resources for Professionals S1

Celestin DE | 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Learn about the nutrition education resources which are available from us free-of-charge, including
the guides for Identifying Whole Grain-Rich, determining sugar content in cereals and yogurt, and
which milk to serve in the CACFP. Create your own toolkit of meal pattern materials and nutrition
education flyers to use in your program and share with your community.

Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association

Missed it? Repeat session on Friday!

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Tuesday

Demystifying Procurement Motivation, Communication
in the CACFP and Training: Lessons from
S5

Procurement is designed to ensure your the Wizards S6
protection as a program provider. We will review
federal regulations governing procurement Come on an Oz-mazing journey to learn,
and work through incorporating beneficial purchasing practices. experience and practice invigorating techniques
Attendees will walk through executing a formal procurement to empower yourself and your employees. Bring
contract, beginning with a needs assessment, conducting a contract your heart, brain and courage to explore ways to
evaluation and even observing the preparation of creditable snacks influence your staff with training, motivation and
that have been locally sourced. communication. While documentation, compliance
and menu appeal pave the yellow brick road,
LaMonika Jones, MEd, GCPA, DC Hunger Solutions the biggest way to have more success over the CACFP rainbow is
through inspiring your employees.

Carolyn Miller, CMP, CCNP, ESC 11
Amanda Tucker, CMP, CCNP, LSS, TITAN-LINQ

CACFP 101: S2
Afterschool Meals

Only 1 in 10 children who qualify for afterschool
and out-of-school time meals are receiving
them. The CACFP offers a solution to this
nationwide problem. Learn the basics of CACFP
Afterschool and hear from a panel who are already
implementing the program successfully at their
sites. Discover how you can sponsor the program
or work with a sponsor to serve children who are
at-risk. Don’t send kids home hungry.

Kati Wagner, CCNP, CMP, Wildwood CACFP
Melissa Moore, CCNP, Family League of Baltimore
Shea Smith, MA, Three O’Clock Project

More on Meal Patterns Get Connected
Welcome Reception
Celestin DE | 9:15 am - 10:15 am
Elite A | 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
We’re here to clarify meal patterns! This presentation will answer
commonly asked questions, show how to access training from USDA Join colleagues and new friends for
Team Nutrition, and explore additional resources. a social hour celebrating you! Beer,
wine, hors d’oeuvres and a-ha moments
Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association networking with each other.

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Thank you to our

Partners, Sponsors & Exhibitors

Partners
Sponsors
Silver Exhibitors
Bronze Exhibitors

Nonprofit Exhibitors Exhibit Hall Hours

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9:00 am - 1:30 pm
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Wednesday, April 20
11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Thursday, April 21
10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Map

Amazing Fruit Products.................................................................................. 201 Health-e Pro.................................................................................................... 503
The Bean Institute........................................................................................... 308 The Healthy School Food Collaborative......................................................... 205
Brighton Training Group................................................................................ 411 Institute of Child Nutrition.. ............................................................................ 309
Butter Buds Inc............................................................................................... 209 JA Foodservice................................................................................................ 311
Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI)............................................ 208 J&J Snack Foods............................................................................................. 203
Champion Foodservice................................................................................... 202 KidKare by Minute Menu............................................................................... 404
ChildWatch..................................................................................................... 504 Los Cabos Mexican Foods.............................................................................. 501
Choice Partners............................................................................................... 301 MH Miles Company, CPA, PC....................................................................... 500
Darlington Snacks........................................................................................... 302 Mushroom Council......................................................................................... 303
Diversified Foods Inc...................................................................................... 410 Myers and Stauffer.......................................................................................... 408
Dole Packaged Foods...................................................................................... 401 National CACFP Sponsors Association.......................................................... 100
Ekon-O-Pac..................................................................................................... 409 National Enrichment Group............................................................................ 403
E S Foods........................................................................................................ 400 No Kid Hungry............................................................................................... 405
Focus Foods.................................................................................................... 112 Novick Childcare Solutions............................................................................ 310
Food for Good................................................................................................. 113 Optimum Foods.............................................................................................. 200
Food & Supply Source.................................................................................... 505 Penn State Better Kid Care............................................................................. 210
FresHealth, exclusively provided by DNO Produce....................................... 305 PrimeroEdge................................................................................................... 502
Fresh Start Healthy Meals............................................................................... 114 Ripple Foods................................................................................................... 212
General Mills.................................................................................................. 300 We Inspire Smart Eating (WISE).................................................................... 211
Gerber Products Company.............................................................................. 304 Wonderschool................................................................................................. 204

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General Session | 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Celestin Ballroom

Keynote Speaker
Cindy Long

Cindy Long was appointed Administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service on
September 13, 2021.
Long most recently served as Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Acting
Administrator, and has had extensive experience with FNS, including serving

as Deputy Administrator for Child Nutrition Programs. In this role, she led
FNS’ implementation of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act, the most
significant restructuring of these programs in decades and a legislative
centerpiece of the Obama-Biden Administration’s nutrition initiatives.
Previously, she held various other program management and research
positions in FNS.
Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Who Stirred the Pots? The Evolution of Culinary Cuisine

Chef Marcelle Bienvenu

Chef Bienvenu will tell the story of the evolution of Louisiana’s regional cuisines—
developed by people with different backgrounds who shared their cooking traditions
using indigenous foods.

Recipe Corn Creole

Ingredients

3 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 large egg, beaten Bread crumbs
Butter
1 cup yellow onion, chopped 2 cups milk Salt and cayenne to taste

1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped 1/2 cup nixtamalized cornmeal

2 cups cream-style corn

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 ° F. Cook onions and peppers in a large, heavy pot over medium heat until
soft and lightly golden. Add the corn, egg and milk. Cook, stirring occasionally, for five minutes.
Add cornmeal and stir until thickened. Season with salt and cayenne and pour into a lightly-
oiled baking dish. Sprinkle the top with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Bake for 30 minutes.
One serving provides 1/4 cup starchy vegetable and 1/4 cup other vegetable.

Lunch/Supper:
8 Servings for ages 3-5

cacfp.org

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Local Spotlight

The Roots of Music provides The organization serves children ages Five days a week, 12 months a year, The
music history and theory, 9-14 from low-income households, Roots of Music delivers over 2,500 hours of
as well as instrumental and provides students with hot meals music education and other academic tutoring,
instruction and ensemble through the CACFP and round-trip over 30,400 nutritious hot meals, 1,400 bus
performance preparation. transportation to reduce common journeys, and supplies over 150 instruments
barriers to participation. for use.

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2022 Friend of CACFP Award

Cindy Long

Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

The National CACFP Sponsors Association Friend of CACFP Award honors and
recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a commitment to supporting and
improving the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) through leadership
and initiative. These individuals have made significant and demonstrable contributions
to the CACFP through advocacy, legislation, education, or professional endeavors that
exemplify a positive impact or advancement of our national child nutrition programs.
We are pleased to present the award this year to the Administrator of the USDA Food
and Nutrition Service, Cindy Long, for her work with the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids
Act, her support of the much-needed flexibilities during the nationwide COVID-19
pandemic, and her years of dedication to improvements in the CACFP and all other
child nutrition programs.
“It is an honor and a privilege to partner with these child nutrition ambassadors through my role at Food and
Nutrition Service as we work together to combat hunger, improve nutrition, and lift up families for a better
tomorrow. Thanks to the passion and dedication of the CACFP community, millions of our nation’s children
have greater access to healthy meals and snacks that set them up to thrive.”
Ms. Long started her career working at the USDA FNS in the CACFP and has continued to support the food program. She has
served FNS in other roles, including leadership of FNS regional offices and research and analysis initiatives in support of domestic
nutrition assistance programs. Ms. Long also has vast experience in budget and appropriations issues, including several years with
the Office of Management and Budget. She has an MPA in public policy and economics from Princeton University’s School of
Public and International Affairs, and a BA in economics from the University of Notre Dame.
We thank Cindy Long for her role in strengthening the CACFP and are pleased to honor her with the Friend of CACFP Award.
Without her commitment, support, and leadership, CACFP would not be the program it is today.

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The Louisiana Department of Education,
Division of Nutrition Support,

welcomes you to New Orleans and the
2022 National Child Nutrition Conference.

We hope you enjoy your stay!

Child &
Adult Care Food

Program

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Workshops One | 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Nutrition Financial Management Nutrition
Dishing Up Local Foods with Farm Flawless Audits for Multi-Program Creating a Breastfeeding-Friendly
to CACFP and Multi-State Sponsors Child Care Program

S1 Strand 10 S5 Empire B S1 Bolden 1

Kate Abernathy, CCNP, CMP, LDN, MS, RDN, Providers Rev. Dr. Larry Karow, CMP, CCNP, D.Div, UMCFood Caliste Chong, MS, Nemours Children’s Health
Choice Luke Ruter, UMCFood Christina LeVert, MS, RD, LD, CLC, Alabama Partnership for
Katie Chatfield, RDN, MPH, Providers Choice Jolene Benedict, UMCFood Children
Dean Faulkner, UMCFood
Learn about serving local foods, gardening and What is a breastfeeding-friendly child care,
food-related nutrition education activities in Sponsors need strong organization, clear cost and why is breastfeeding so important? Join
child care settings. Understand the benefits of allocation and excellence in monitoring to be us to learn more! We will share why child care
exposing young children to locally grown foods prepared for your state audit. Learn how to programs should support breastfeeding families
and how Farm to CACFP activities can be easily operate so State Agencies find it a breeze to and how that support helps moms to meet their
integrated into a child care environment. Leave perform your Management Evaluations. nursing goals. You will learn all the information
with resources to train this workshop to program you need on how to properly store and prepare
participants. Research & Resources breast milk.
The Recipe for Healthy Emotions
Policy & Advocacy and Eating Nutrition
The Scary “A” Word - Engaging in Culturally Receptive Meals
Advocacy with Your CACFP Sites S1 Empire C
S1 Celestin FGH
S7 Strand 11 Cheryl Hazek, MSW, LCSW, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Marion Campbell, MA, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Kent K. Williamson, Children’s Aid New York City
Katherine Byers, PhD, MSW, Houston Food Bank
Lauren E. White, Houston Food Bank Do you have some children who can never get News flash! One of our little ones may be a new
food out of their mind and are never satisfied arrival from Afghanistan or a returnee in their
Learn about food bank client experiences and after a meal or snack? Do some children in your second year with us whose parent(s) hail from
program and sponsor operations to federal and care constantly ask for “more” or refuse to eat Guatemala. Move over Sloppy Joe and Frittata,
state policies in order to illustrate advocacy altogether? Explore the social and emotional we want Lavash and Rellenitos too. What better
opportunities that can advance the outcomes of development of the child’s relationship with way could there be to learn about other cultures
the CACFP. eating and food, especially as it relates to what’s than with food?
behind their hunger.
Management Head Start
Professional Networking: Summer Food Connecting Meal Times to
Strategies and Tips Innovate SFSP with Super Fun Learning Outcomes Framework
Events and Creative Promotions
S6 Strand 12 S2 Celestin ABC
Empire D
Alexia Thex, MEd, National CACFP Sponsors Association Sheila Tompkins-Hess, Division of Child & Family Services
Tamara Baker, Carolina Hunger Initiative and No Kid
Are you a digital ghost? Do you know how to Hungry NC The Head Start Early Learning Outcomes
start conversations? Join us to learn how to Jessica Soldavini, LDN, MPH, PhD, RD, Carolina Hunger Framework lays out the skills, behaviors and
implement strategies both in person and on social Initiative and No Kid Hungry NC learning experiences that all programs must offer
media to meet people and advance your career. for all children. Discover the natural learning
How do you create awareness for SFSP? Let’s experiences around meal times and how being
Program Spotlight explore the benefits of super fun events, mascot intentional in the way we use these experiences
Statewide Collaboration: programs, inviting email campaigns, sustainable can strengthen your programs approach to the
Developing Guidance for Meal social media and more. Learn how to plan HSELOF.
Quality memorable events and celebrations, engage
community stakeholders, customize meal sponsor Program Admin/Operations
S7 Strand 13 promotions and how to find grant support to pay Crediting Basics and Beyond: An
for it all. In-Depth Look at the Crediting
Erin Raczynski, RD, MPH, AZ Department of Health Services Handbook for the CACFP
Bonnie Williams, MA, AZ Department of Health Services A special thank you to our...
S1 Celestin DE
Learn how representatives from three state Summer Food Track Sponsor
agencies collaborated to develop consistent Sheldon Gordon, MS, RDN, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
messaging for Arizona’s ECE staff and technical Rebecca MacIsaac, MS, RD, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
assistance providers. The outcome was an Anne Garceau, MS, RDN, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
attractive meal quality infographic outlining state
licensing and CACFP regulatory foundations We will review the ins and outs of each of the
along with best practices informed by Caring for five required meal components, discuss both
Our Children, Go NAPSACC and USDA Team creditable and non-creditable food items, and
Nutrition. engage the audience in hands-on crediting
exercises. You won’t want to miss it!
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National Tuesday

CACFP Week March 13-19, 2022
March 12-18, 2023

CACFP Week is designed to raise awareness of how the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
brings healthy foods to children and adults in care centers, homes and afterschool programs.

Educate children and parents

about healthy eating habits with the CACFP’s
free fun activities and communication tools.

Raise Awareness

of how the CACFP works to combat hunger.

Promote the CACFP and advocate

with a press release, a letter to congress and a
request for proclamation.

Share #CACFPWeek

on social media and show your appreciation to all
of those who work with CACFP every day.

Visit cacf pweek.org
to learn more!

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Wednesday, April 20

CACFP Inspire Awards | 7:15 am - 7:45 am

It’s not surprising that we received over 500 nominations for the CACFP Inspire Awards from folks across the
country. We know that there are thousands of people and organizations, like you, who have been working
tirelessly through the pandemic to provide meals and comfort to those they serve.

We have read incredibly inspiring stories about the innovation, collaboration, and community service all of you in
the CACFP community offered over the past two years.

Join us in Celestin DE to celebrate these finalists, learn more about their work, and find out who our winners are.

Collaboration Award Finalists

Recognizes an individual or organization who partnered with local organizations to fulfill the needs of the CACFP during the pandemic.

Children’s Hunger Alliance - Ohio Children’s Village Indianapolis - Indiana

Melinda Aponte, YWCA of Asheville - North Carolina Nutrition Staff, Education Opportunities for Children
and Families - Washington

Shop Talk | 7:15 am - 7:45 am

Throughout the conference, join these small group conversations to share stories, learn from each other and connect with professionals who
are facing the same challenges & opportunities you encounter. They’re unscripted, dynamic and real, focusing on subjects we face every day.

Communicating with Physicians Meaningful Networking

S3 Bolden 6 S6 Bolden 3

Need some tips on how to communicate with physicians? Let’s share ways to We’ve been virtual for the last two years; now let’s discuss how to come
improve your communication and relationships with those that care for our together in-person for a meaningful conference experience. Share your ideas
children. for successful networking.

Sandy Gregory, CMP, CCNP, Cen-Tex Family Services Morgan Cunningham, National CACFP Sponsors Association

Field Trip Meals for Children in the CACFP Paperless: Afterschool, Summer & Family Childcare
S2 Bolden 1 S2 Bolden 2

Let’s chat about CACFP guidelines for field trip meals. We will brainstorm COVID has pushed the paperless movement into hyperdrive. Come chat with
creative ways to prepare meals that children will eat while out and about. others in ARAS about how you have become paperless in the past year.

Stacie Frieze, CCNP, MEd, Eastern Shawnee Melissa Moore, CCNP, Family League of Baltimore

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Trailblazer Award Finalists

Recognizes an individual or organization who successfully implemented innovative ideas and continued to administer the CACFP
during the pandemic.

Culinary Arts Staff & Hillary Wheeler, Boys & Girls Club of Brooke Wolf, Quality Care Services - Kansas
Oceanside - California

Shawntelle Fisher, The SoulFisher Ministries - Missouri Kenyatta Chandler, Houston Independent School District - Texas

Community Award Finalists

Recognizes an individual or organization who went above and beyond and served their community throughout the pandemic.

Christina Yutai Guo, Happy Living Adult Care - Colorado Charles Coe, Incredible Kids Learning Center - Pennsylvania

Rebekah Dawson, Feeding the Gulf Coast - Alabama, Angie Hughes, Life360 Community Services - Missouri
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Learning Institutes | 8:00 am - 9:00 am

The Learning Institutes are designed to help people with like experience in food programs learn
more and connect with each other in a structured and moderated session. In the 100 level series,
there will be mostly instruction, and in subsequent levels, there will be greater opportunity for
sharing stories and solutions around particular topics with fellow attendees. Whether you are new,
experienced or an expert in your role, learning opportunities are always limitless!

Our community is large! Find your people based on the institute descriptions.

Don’t know what CACFP or SFSP You’re new-ish to the CACFP,

even mean? working in it daily, and you’ve got the big picture. It’s been one or
two years since you’ve started working in CACFP, so concepts aren’t
Are you brand new to child nutrition food programs? Do you run one new or foreign to you, but you’d love to really explore the important
program and are thinking about sponsoring another? Do you provide areas with your peers. Attend this structured learning institute to
services or resources for food program operators and want an entry- review the meal patterns, discuss basic program administration and
level understanding of how they impact children across the country? get a requirements refresher while also sharing in some table talk.
Attend this lecture-style institute to learn the basics of how these
food programs provide healthy food access for children in child care,
afterschool, out-of-school time and during summer.

CACFP 100 SFSP 100 CACFP 101

Lisa Mack Paige Pokorney, MPH Isabel Ramos-Lebron, MS, LD, RDN,
National CACFP Sponsors Share Our Strength National CACFP Sponsors Association
Association
Strand 12 Celestin DE S2
Empire B S2

Apply today!

You can apply for the CACFP Professional Certification here at
the National Child Nutrition Conference. Visit the conference
information desk to find out how to apply or hear more on the
certification program and the specialties.

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You’ve served for several years in After years of working in the
your role now, so you’re beyond the basics. But there’s CACFP, you feel confident and experienced, but are still

more to learn and you’re eager to further your level of knowledge. open to new ideas that will help you improve your organization’s
This institute is for those attendees who don’t need to talk about administration and operations. If you are asking yourself, “How can
the basics of program operations, but are instead ready to consider I improve the services we offer?” or, “Where can we increase the
implementing new ideas and learning how others are tackling a few efficiencies in our organization?” this session is for you. Topics will
specific program requirements beyond meal patterns. be shared by the moderator and attendees will work together using
their collective knowledge and experience to create a-ha moments.
CACFP 201
CACFP 301
Blake Stanford, CMP
Southwest Human Development Services Joanne Norman, CMP, CCNP
Providers Choice
Celestin FGH S4
Empire C S2

You’re the CEO, president, director or leader and want Succession planning is on your
mind. You’ve been managing operations for over 20 years and
to connect on CACFP issues beyond operations, such as staffing,
marketing and recruitment. While the moderator will introduce are looking to find a way to share your institutional knowledge and
conversation points, this session is all table talk! Together, discover create a pathway for success of the organization once you retire. Talk
innovative ways to strengthen and advocate for the program. shop with colleagues in the same situation and learn about strategies
that others are considering.
CACFP 401
CACFP 501
Senta Hester, CMP
Our Daily Bread CACFP Vicki Lipscomb, CMP
Child Nutrition Program
Strand 11 S6
Strand 10 S4

You’re operating the SFSP, and you want to Working for a State Agency in child

discuss implementing new ideas and further your knowledge about nutrition programs, you face different workload requirements than
the SFSP. Join this roundtable to exchange ideas on how to improve sponsors and operators. Join fellow State Agency staff to share
your organization’s administration and operations or talk through collective experiences and strategies.
innovative ways to strengthen the program. We’ll introduce talking
points to keep the conversation flowing. State Agency

Summer Food Service Program Tamika Boone, MPA
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Melissa Moore, CCNP
Celestin ABC S3
Family League of Baltimore

Empire D

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Featured Speakers | 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Offering Comfort, Resilience and Hope During Challenging Times

S1 Celestin ABC

During these times where children, families, service providers, and educators are experiencing constant uncertainty and
change, there is an ongoing need to offer ways to foster well-being, in mind and body. Sesame Street in Communities
at ssic.org, offers resources and professional development to support healthy habits, resilience, and ways to mitigate the
effects of a pandemic. Engaging children and grownups alike, their model tackles the difficult challenges while offering
comfort and hope for the future.

Jeanette Betancourt, MA, MS, EdD

Senior Vice President for U.S. Social Impact, Sesame Street Workshop

Operational Strategies for Afterschool Meals & Summer Food Service

S2 Empire B

Food insecurity for children in the United States is on the rise, and research has proven that hungry children cannot
learn. Become part of the solution by offering an innovative summer feeding program and adding supper to your school
year program. Hunger doesn’t take a vacation, so these out-of-school time meal service opportunities are critical in
most areas across the country. Learn how to get stakeholder buy-in, what staffing and logistics requirements look like,
which menus work best, and ways to reach a rural community.

Donna S. Martin, RDN, EdS, FAND, LD, SNS

Director, School Nutrition Program, Burke County Board of Education
Past President, 2017-2018, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

USDA CACFP Policy Update

S7 Celestin DE

Hear from USDA as they present an overview of new and revised policy guidance for
the Child and Adult Care Food Program and share a state-of-the-program update of the
CACFP. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service works to end hunger and obesity through
the administration of 15 federal nutrition assistance programs including the Child and Adult
Care Food Program which is crucial to ensuring children have access to nutritious foods and
where healthy eating becomes a habit.

Alice McKenney, MS Andrea Farmer, MS, RD Alicia White, MS, RD

Branch Chief, Community Meals Policy Branch Chief, Program Monitoring and Operational Support Branch Chief, Nutrition Education and Promotion
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
USDA Food and Nutrition Service USDA Food and Nutrition Service

“In the world we live in today with so much nutrition education, there is no
reason not to provide these children with healthy foods. If they learn to eat
healthy foods now, while they are young, they are so much ahead of the health
game later in life.”
Karen Schneider, Nanas Lil Angels

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Workshops Two | 10:30 am - 11:30 am Wednesday

Nutrition Research & Resources Policy & Advocacy
Mindful Eating Engaging Your Community in Child Nutrition Reauthorization
Your Meal Program
S1 Strand 10 S7 Empire D
S2 Strand 13
Christina Flythe, MA, CCNP, MSW, Child Care Council of Kati Wagner, CMP, CCNP, Wildwood CACFP
Suffolk Jodi Walker, Kids At Their Best Alexia Thex, MEd, National CACFP Sponsors Association
Geri Henchy, MPH, RD, Food Research and Action Center
Being mindful of the food you eat promotes Poverty is isolating for children. Meal programs
better digestion and influences wiser choices are an important outreach tool, but what if your Child Nutrition Program Reauthorization is in the
about what you eat in the future. Come discover meal program also connected kids with their works. Learn what it means to CACFP & SFSP.
how to create connections to the food you’re community and had business leaders helping out?
serving in your program with an “in the moment” Find out the potential with us. Bonus - all the Program Spotlight
experience while teaching children to pay ideas involved are cost free! Creating a Successful At-Risk
attention to the experience of eating and drinking, Afterschool Meal Program
both physically and psychologically. Program Admin/Operations
Going Digital Painlessly: Making S4 Celestin FGH
Nutrition Your Work Life Easier
My Kid Plate Garden Project Keith Johnson, Kooking4Kids
S4 Empire B
S1 Strand 12 Learn how a small inner-city nonprofit
Susan Ison, CMP, Helping Hands organization with no previous experience
Alexis D. Motley, MS, RDN, LDN, Louisiana State University created a successful At-Risk Afterschool meal
Digitizing an office may seem like a daunting program. Leave with the keys to developing
Nutrition education can assist in addressing task, but as the recent pandemic has shown all public and private partnerships, creating a super
food insecurity in food desert communities. Our of us, it’s becoming more necessary. Learn how staff, building community value and providing
dietitian-led project aims to increase access to to set up digital files to make audits, reviews, amazing meals.
healthy food options at early childhood education accounting and provider interactions smoother
centers while increasing nutrition education. and easier. Train-the-Trainer
Discuss ideas to incorporate hands-on learning Eat. Create. Cultivate. Fun with
through gardening, recipes for menus and snack Head Start Food Through Positive Mealtime
ideas for the classroom. A Chef’s Impact on CACFP Experiences

Summer Food S2 Empire C S1 Celestin DE
Sponsoring Summer Food: Keys to
Financial Management Royal Castle Child Development Center Staff: Kate Abernathy, CCNP, CMP, LDN, MS, RDN, Providers
Pearlie B. Harris, BSN, CCHC, MEd, RN Choice
Strand 11 Tammy Bienemy-Lewis, MEd
Pearlissa Harris Come learn ideas and tools providers can
Cherese Myree, CFE, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC Everett Dillon use to implement positive mealtimes. Topics
Monica Miles, CPA, CFE, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC include Smarter Mealtimes, examining picky
Explore tips to modify your menus, discover eater’s behaviors while identifying tips for
You’re already working the food program and are ways to build a nurturing environment around creating adventurous eaters and engaging
ready to expand to summer feeding. Hear about the kitchen, and discuss the positive impact that child participation in the kitchen. Leave with
best practices to ensure proper internal controls can be made by your chef. CACFP continues to strategies, recipes and activities that engage
for successful financial management and mitigate support, raise and improve the quality of Head children of any age!
high risk program areas. Start centers around the country, which would not
be possible without those who stir the pot.
Management
Developmentally Appropriate
Practices and Diversity in Early
Education

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Temesha Ragan, MEd, Perfect Start Learning Consulting

Many educators are often stumped with how
to make diversity and inclusion education
work within their programs. Understand the
importance of diversity in education and how to
use developmentally appropriate practices when
addressing diversity and education with children
and their families to make a lasting and positive
difference.

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Annual Meeting

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Members of the National CACFP Sponsors Association are invited to attend our annual meeting to learn about where the
organization is today, hear from candidates for the NCA Board of Directors, and find out what we have planned for the future.
Our mission is to provide you with education resources, training opportunities, and guidance on federal program policies.

See member invitation for room location.

Meet our Board of Director Candidates

Robert Fillmore, CMP, CCNP Melissa Moore, CCNP

20 years CACFP 11 years CACFP
CACFP Program Coordinator Director of Programs
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Family League of Baltimore
Sault St. Marie, Michigan Baltimore, Maryland

Sponsors: Affiliated Centers Sponsors: Family Home Child Care, At-Risk
• 7 child care centers with 392 children served Afterschool, Summer Food
• 115 family homes with 1,000 children served
• 100 ARA sites with 5,000 children served

Susan Ison, CMP Gabriela Rangel, CMP, CCNP

25 years CACFP 7 years CACFP
Executive Director CACFP Director
Helping Hands Child & Family Resources
Taylorsville, Utah Tucson, Arizona

Sponsors: Family Home Child Care, Sponsors: Family Home Child Care
Unaffiliated Centers • 293 family homes with 2,052 children served
• 200 family homes with 1,835 children served
• 6 centers with 550 children served

Lawrence Karow, CMP, CCNP, DDiv Annetta Rutland, CMP, CCNP

15 years CACFP 40 years CACFP
Chief Executive Officer Strategic Director, Quality Programs
UMCFood Ministry 4C for Children
Covington, Kentucky Cincinnati, Ohio

Sponsors: Affiliated Centers, Unaffiliated Sponsors: Family Home Child Care, Unaffiliated
Centers, At-Risk Afterschool, Summer Food Centers
• 350+ centers with over 3,000 children served • 321 family homes with 2,951 children served
• 199 ARA sites with 1,800 children served • 50 centers with 2,850 children served

Jami Lee-Rokala, MS, LN, CCNP, CFPM, CLC Wear your years proudly!

6 years CACFP
Child Nutrition Services Manager
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council
Crookston, Minnesota
S ponsors: Affiliated Centers, Summer Food
• 16 centers with 1,000 children served

30 National CACFP Sponsors Association Service pins are available for purchase at the NCA Information Desk.

Workshops Three | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Wednesday

Nutrition Nutrition Nutrition
Best Practices in Garden to Early Double Session Identifying Whole Grain-Rich
Childhood The CICN Presents an Exploration
of Flavor S1 Celestin ABC
S1 Strand 10
S1 Empire A Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association
Aarie J. Wade, MSW, Baxter Community Center
Chef Patrick Garmong, Institute of Child Nutrition Serving whole grain-rich (WGR) grains is an
Learn how to implement a Garden to Early Chef Garrett Berdan, RDN, Institute of Child Nutrition important element of the meal pattern. Learn how
Childhood program model in your curriculum. to identify which products meet the whole grain-
Hear about suggested best practices, Join the Culinary Institute of Child Nutrition’s rich regulations. Trainers can use this workshop
fundamentals of teaching gardening to young Chefs as they take you through a series of to support CACFP participants.
children, planning year-round gardening activities activities and exercises to understand the five Management
and incorporating a garden-to-table element for a basic tastes and how to make your menu items Healthy Habits to Improve Your
healthy and fresh food program. more flavorful through the use of herbs, spices, Life
and culinary acids.
Program Admin/Operations S6 Celestin FGH
Healthy Beginnings Create Commercial
Healthy Futures: Equity in ECE CACFP Training Program & Walter Campbell, MBA, Charleston County School District
Programs Nutrition Calendar
You can’t take care of others until you take care
S1 Strand 11 Empire B of yourself. Whether it is your personal growth,
growth at work or growing your team - habits
Caliste Chong, MS, Nemours Children’s Health Jennifer Basey, MEd, National CACFP Sponsors Association are the key to a successful life. Discover what
habits you can start today for a full life and hear
Child care professionals have a powerful Where else can you find nutrition information, personal stories of how these habits impacted
opportunity to create learning environments that CACFP best practices, table crafts, physical others’ lives.
provide children with a healthy start in life. Dive activities, business tips, provider training
into health equity and learn the key practices to modules, parent provider connection letters, Research & Resources
encourage optimal physical health and wellness. child care curriculum and record keeping all in Racial Justice Resources with
Create a plan on how you can support healthy one place? NCA’s Training Program & Nutrition Sesame Street in Communities
growth and development for children. Calendar is perfect for providers, centers and
afterschool sites. S7 Celestin DE
Program Spotlight
How Louisiana Increased CACFP Program Admin/Operations Antonio Freitas, MS, Sesame Street Workshop
Participation Serious Deficiency Process
All kids need a strong individual and group
S4 Strand 12 S4 Empire D identity, but racism hurts the healthy development
of both. Whether you and the children in your
Antinea Johnson, Well-Ahead LA Suzanne Diggs, USDA Food and Nutrition Service care are directly affected by racism or you’re
allies of those who are, engaging honestly and
In order to increase involvement in the CACFP, Are you in a quandary about the SD process? Get directly with little ones is the beginning of
Well-Ahead LA and Child Care Aware an overview of the serious deficiency process, building racial literacy. Join Sesame Street in
of America partnered to create a CACFP hear about the most common errors in responding Communities to explore resources that celebrate
Participations map. Come learn how the map to serious deficiencies, and better understand the race, stand tall and address racism!
educated stakeholders of the lack of participation elements of the appeals process and role of the
in Louisiana and created new opportunities for hearing official. A special thank you to our...
child care providers.
At-Risk Afterschool At-Risk Afterschool Track Sponsor
Research & Resources Solutions & Strategies for Evolving
A “SAVI” Approach to Teen At-Risk Out of School Time Meal 31
Obesity Prevention Programs

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Shiloh Beckerley, PhD, Rescue | The Behavior Change Agency Stacey McDaniel, MS, YMCA of the USA
Dina Weldin, Rescue | The Behavior Change Agency Mya Price, MS, Feeding America

Childhood obesity is a complex public health The Afterschool Meal program landscape has
challenge that CACFP At-Risk Afterschool changed drastically over the last two years.
programs can struggle to address. To create Hear from national providers as they spotlight
obesity prevention messaging that resonates strategies to successfully evolve and ensure youth
with at-risk teens, researchers explored drivers have continued access to the healthy food they
of childhood nutrition habits and reactions to need to thrive during out of school time.
tailored messaging using a ‘SAVI’ (specific,
acceptable, viable, impactful) framework.

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Workshops Four | 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Wednesday

Nutrition Research & Resources Program Admin/Operations
All About Beans Strategies to Increase CACFP Nuts and Bolts of Meal Planning
Participation for Child Care Centers
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Kaci Vohland, MS, RDN, LD, Bean Institute
Bethany Jana, Indiana University Bloomington School of Salome Pemberton, CCNP, MPH, RD, RDN, National
Did you know beans meet CACFP requirements Public Health Enrichment Group
for both the vegetable and the meat alternate Pam Darby, MS, RD, RDN, MPH, National Enrichment Group
category? Learn about the nutritional benefits of CACFP confers nutritional benefits to children,
beans along with tips and tasty recipes for your but participation varies by child care centers Gain an understanding of the key considerations
menus. from state-to-state. Hear findings from a study for planning CACFP creditable meals that align
of four states about barriers, facilitators, and with your center’s meal service capabilities.
Nutrition recommendations for increasing CACFP Learn how to design delicious, appealing,
Double Session participation. Reflect on lessons learned from seasonal and culturally appropriate child-friendly
Continuous Quality Improvement your own experience. menus. Review a checklist outlining streamlined
menu planning processes, and foodservice
S1 Strand 13 Research & Resources procurement strategies to avoiding food waste
Farm to Classroom: Teaching and over-ordering.
Jami Lee-Rokala, MS, LN, CCNP, CFPM, CLC, Tri-Valley Children About Healthy Foods
Opportunity Council Policy & Advocacy
Debra Cooper, CCNP, CFPM, Tri-Valley Opportunity Council S1 Empire C Food & Health Equity: What Role
Can I Play?
What is a CQI plan and why do you need one? Robert Ek, MA, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
We’ll explore why nutrition should be a CQI S7 Celestin FGH
plan within your program and why having a CQI Farm to early childcare can help foster children’s
plan goal of decreasing your students BMI is learning and exposure to new foods. Learning Elana Natker, MS, RD, Grain Foods Foundation
important for your program. Walk away knowing opportunities can increase the curiosity of young
how to create the right nutrition assessment and minds and their familiarity with new foods. Hear With complex issues, it can often be hard to
how Farm to Early Care implementation can play how to use available resources to employ simple figure out how you can make a difference. Learn
a vital role in decreasing your students’ BMI. nutrition education activities and get children more about food and health equity, how they
excited about new foods. interact and influence population health, and how
At-Risk Afterschool each of us can make small changes that impact
Supper’s Ready: Transitioning Program Spotlight our homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces.
from Snacks to Supper In Their Words: How Meal
Providers Survived and Thrived Financial Management
S4 Strand 11 CACFP Administrative Budgets
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Catherine Montgomery, MS, RD, LD, CHES, Mississippi Food S5 Celestin DE
Network Jessica Soldavini, LDN, MPH, PhD, RD, Carolina Hunger
Cassandra Mobley, Mississippi Food Network Initiative and No Kid Hungry NC Andrea Farmer, MS, RD, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Tamara Baker, Carolina Hunger Initiative and No Kid
Wondering how to transition a long-term snack Hungry NC Learn tips and best practices on the preparation
site to an ARAS supper site? Learn how to of an acceptable administrative budget. Topics
identify a site, prep the facility, provide training Hear how the NC Summer Nutrition Program will include the importance of strategic planning,
and go live! We’ll take a look at the impact and sponsors and sites raised the bar on serving using historical financial information to develop
benefits of transitioning your site. meals to children during the pandemic. By the budget, determining what expenses are
thinking out of the box, they were able to form allowable/unallowable, identifying staffing
Commercial new partnerships, marketing strategies and ways requirements, how excess administrative funds
Insight into CACFP Providers’ to use their volunteers. Analyze the data from affect the budget and updating the budget
Purchasing Behavior similar projects so you can apply these strategies throughout the year.
to your own program.
Strand 12 Nutrition
Double Session Continued
Lesley Shiery, MS, RD, General Mills Bell Institute of Health The CICN Presents an Exploration
& Nutrition of Flavor
See workshop description on page 31.
Learn about provider shopping habits from a
recent purchasing behavior survey of over 4,000
CACFP providers. Hear how Covid-19 impacted
purchasing behavior during the pandemic and
gain insight into pain points for providers when
shopping and menu planning. Get new menu
ideas using General Mills yogurt and cereal to
help you meet meal pattern requirements.

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Workshops Five | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Program Spotlight Management Summer Food
Healthier CACFP Gold Award: Nonprofit Board Recruitment and Leveraging Lessons Learned to
Promoting Best Practices Development Improve Your Summer Food

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Melinda Nguyen, LD, MS, RDN, Texas Department of Alexia Thex, MEd, National CACFP Sponsors Association Paige Pokorney, MPH, Share Our Strength
Agriculture Jeremy Hahn, Life360 Community Services
What makes an effective board member and Constance Moore, MBA, MA, YMCA of Memphis and the
Establishing the Three Es (education, exercise, how do you find one? Get an overview and learn Mid-South
eating right) is a grant opportunity provided how to develop strategies to make each board Melissa Weissler, MPH, Operation Food Search
by TDA to promote better health and nutrition member an effective contributor and supporter.
to prevent obesity among children. Learn how Leave with sample recruitment letter, sample job The past two years have presented both
past participants worked with community description and networking strategies. challenges and opportunities for the Summer
organizations to implement healthier menus, farm Food Service Program. Hear from summer food
fresh projects, nutrition education and how they Policy & Advocacy operators on how they plan to leverage lessons
increased physical activity. Civil Rights 101: Compliance with learned and answer your questions.
Civil Rights Requirements
Head Start Nutrition
Nutritious Ideas for Head Start S7 Empire D Managing Food Allergies in Child
Care Centers
S1 Celestin ABC USDA Food and Nutrition Service
S1 Empire B
Laura Sheffield, LD, MS, RDN, Community Action Council The session will address the Civil Rights training
requirements as outlined in FNS Instruction Liz Dixon, MS, Institute of Child Nutrition
Want to improve nutrition and agriculture 113-1, Civil Rights Compliance and
education in the classroom? Learn how to Enforcement – Nutrition Programs and Activities. Preventing exposure to food allergens for children
educate your children with hands-on activities to State agency staff who interact with program with food allergies is crucial to their safety. Good
explain how food is grown, why eating fruits and applicants, participants and potentially eligible food safety practices help keep these children
vegetables is important and the importance of individuals and those persons who supervise safe. Learn best practices for managing food
trying new foods. front line staff must receive annual Civil Rights allergies in child care centers and provide input
training. This session will fulfill this requirement. for the Child Care Center Food Safety Kit.

Every kid

Healthy food
Every day.

Come see how you can make a di erence
with No Kid Hungry today.
Booth 405 or online at NoKidHungry.org

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Wednesday

Nutrition Program Admin/Operations Don’t miss an event
A Rainbow A Week: Embracing Leveraging Free Technology for
Our Meal Patterns CACFP Stay up-to-date with CACFP webinars,
community celebrations and more with
S1 Empire C S3 Celestin FGH our Event Calendar.
Bookmark this page to keep up with
Malissa Marsden, SNS, Child Nutrition Support Services Danielle Jones, KidKare by Minute Menu what’s coming next.
Naomi Czerwinskyj, MS, Link2Feed
An analogy on how we changed society in one info.cacf p.org/calendar
generation by reaching our youngest leads Looking for ways to spend more time on your
this uplifting and positive message meant for mission and less time worrying about paperwork?
everyone. While it’s impractical to expect Learn how to use free, commonly used
child care to serve ‘A Rainbow A Day,’ we can technology to store reports and records digitally,
absolutely serve ‘A Rainbow A Week.’ Learn the basics of PDFs and spreadsheets, and how
simple concepts to increase our rainbow of to communicate with providers virtually. Gain
choices and take home recipes that feature fruits the knowledge to improve your record-keeping
and vegetables. processes and minimize reporting errors so you
can focus on recruitment and training!
Nutrition
The World From Our Front Porch: Financial Management
Connecting Vocabulary with Seed Developing a CACFP Budget
to Table
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Andrea Farmer, MS, RD, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Theresa Patterson, MS, AL State Department of Education
Now that you know the basics of how to develop
Enhance your preschoolers’ vocabulary while an administrative budget, this session will dive
learning new foods native to the region. Learn into details and best practices about how to tailor
how to develop and implement activities through a budget to your CACFP operation.
rich literature that will help introduce these new
foods. We’ll take it a step further and determine Nutrition
how the food presented can be grown in a garden Double Session Continued
at your child care facility. Continuous Quality Improvement
See workshop description on page 33.

Shop Talk | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Conference Management Tricks of the Trade Nutrition Calendar Training Program
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Many sponsors are putting on training events for their providers. Wonder Swap stories about how to take advantage of all the elements that make up
how it’s done or looking for answers to the how-to of conference this highly acclaimed program: 5-Hour Training Module, Parent Newsletter
management? We’ll share trade secrets! Templates, Activity Pages, Motivation Posters, Calendar Nutrition Education.

Hannah Morris, National CACFP Sponsors Association Jennifer Basey, MEd, National CACFP Sponsors Association

Food Banks in the CACFP Promoting Yourself
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Are you currently working in CACFP at a Food Bank? Let’s share how menu Looking for ways to climb the ladder in your organization without appearing
planning can look different. to blow your own horn? We’ll talk about ways you can help make that
happen.
Isabel Ramos-Lebron, MS, RD, LDN, National CACFP Sponsors Association
Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association
Limiting Food Waste in Child Care
S7 Bolden 2 USDA Listening Session for Sponsoring Organizations
Bolden 4
Did you know nearly a third of all food produced for human consumption is
thrown away? Share best practices for avoiding food waste & loss of money. Come share your knowledge about what’s working in the CACFP, where you
need more support, and what type of resources you need.
Josie Johnson, National CACFP Sponsors Association
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Thursday, April 21

Shop Talk | 7:15 am - 7:45 am

COVID, Nutrition & Food Safety Healthy Foods in Head Start Town Hall
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7:15 am - 7:45 am
Food and immunity. Quackery or science? Talk Come chat about the healthy foods you serve in
to an expert about what science is ready to say Head Start. We’ll swap our favorite recipes and Celestin DE
about food as medicine, especially as we think snack ideas.
about keeping our own immune systems – and The USDA Food and Nutrition Service team
the immune systems of those we care for – ready Antrice Costner-Price, Matrix Head Start will be answering your most commonly asked
to fight. questions during this session, based on those
Leading Physical Activities with submitted by attendees in advance at cacfp.org.
Julie Miller Jones, PhD, LN, CNS, St. Catherine University, Adults
Andrea Davis, MS, RD, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Financial Backups for Fiscal S1 Bolden 4 Alice McKenney, MS, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Audits Kristen Hyatt, MPP, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Physical activity is important to our wellbeing
S5 Bolden 2 and health at all points of the lifespan. Share
ideas and resources for physical activities that
Are your backup expense files organized and are appropriate to lead with older adults served
ready to go? Let’s share methods that make audits through Senior Centers as well as adults with
and reviews successful. disabilities living in Group Homes.

Alix Pasillas, CMP, CCNP, Food for Kids Diane H. Craft, PhD, Active Play Books

Virtual Partnership: How to Foster Social Media Channels:
Partnerships in a Digital World Connecting with Your Audience

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Share tips on how to foster partnerships and stay Be more social on social media. Learn how
connected in the digital world. Discuss digital interacting with your followers can help you get
tools such as video-call, LinkedIn, and email more organic likes, follows and shares.
to build relationships and create meaningful
connections without face-to-face conversations. Chloe Smith, MS, National CACFP Sponsors Association

Morgan Cunningham, National CACFP Sponsors Association

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• Teach kids about MyPlate and Earn CEUs toward your
Training Webinars CACFP Professionals Certification.
being physically active.
• Offer nutritious and delicious Resource Catalog

meals kids want to eat. 28 pages of where to find even
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more amazing resources.
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36 National CACFP Sponsors Association Visit cacfp.org or fns.usda.gov/tn for more!

Workshops Six | 8:00 am - 9:00 am Thursday

Research & Resources Nutrition Summer Food
CACFP Participation in Centers by Breastfeeding at CACFP Sites Summer Meals: Outreach and
State Promotion During the Pandemic
S1 Strand 13
S4 Strand 10 Celestin ABC
Jessica Bridgman, RDN, LDN, MPH, Carolina Global
Tatiana Andreyeva, PhD, University of Connecticut, Rudd Breastfeeding Institute Sally Mancini, MPH, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy &
Center Daina C. Huntley, MPH, CHES, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Health
Institute Marlene Schwartz, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy
Despite CACFP’s important benefits to children, & Health
families and providers, the program remains Learn easy and practical ways to meaningfully
largely underutilized. This project collected assist families and ECE program staff with Gain an understanding of the impact of the
administrative data on CACFP participation breastfeeding. Gain confidence by discovering COVID-19 pandemic on the SFSP. Review
of child care centers across 45 states and how-tos for honoring families feeding choices the lessons we learned from collecting data
Washington, DC and linked it with Census and and receive free toolkit materials. and interviewing state agencies, sponsors and
licensing data at the center level. Learn how the families so you can apply them to your program.
findings highlight opportunities for growth. Nutrition Discuss ideas on how to capitalize on current
Smarten Up Snack Time opportunities to improve families participation
Train-the-Trainer and access to healthy meals.
How to Better Interpret Food & S1 Empire A
Nutrition Headlines to Guide Your Program Admin/Operations
Work Caitlin Boland, RD, LDN, Novick Childcare Solutions Steps to Success Sponsoring
Tracie Mercado, CCHA, CCHC, Novick Childcare Solutions Centers
S3 Strand 11 Marcia Wileczek, CMP, CCNP, Novick Childcare Solutions
S4 Celestin FGH
Elana Natker, MS, RD, Grain Foods Foundation Explore how snack time can be more than just
crackers and juice. Let’s focus on nutrition Alix Pasillas, CMP, CCNP, Food for Kids
A lot of the media shouts in soundbites and and learning! Discuss unique, multi-purpose Deborah Gillison-Wilson, CMP, CCNP, Georgia Nutritional
clickbait and you probably get a lot of questions and make-your-own snack ideas that can Services
from your parents and caregivers. It’s like you be incorporated into your lesson planning.
need a PhD to figure out what the latest study Let’s make snack time a fun and educational If you’re a new sponsor of centers or are thinking
really means since they often conflict with one experience for all. of starting the center journey, come learn the
another. Learn how to translate the science into steps you’ll need to successfully start your
practical messages. Policy & Advocacy centers and get them on their way to claiming.
Civil Rights Compliance and From initial contact, to establishing procedures,
Commercial Special Diets in the CACFP to training and to maintaining success on the
Menu Planning Made Easy: program.
Health-e Pro Software S7 Empire B
Demonstration Management
Kate Abernathy, CCNP, CMP, LDN, MS, RDN, Providers Run Your Race: Becoming the
Strand 12 Choice Best Version of Yourself

Linsey LaPlant, MS, RDN, Health-e Pro What is required for a child with a food allergy S6 Celestin DE
or special diet need? Come and learn how to best
Health-e Pro software offers nutrient analysis, support the needs of the child while balancing Daryl Williams, MS, Pursuit of Excellence LLC
menu planning and online publishing. Color- program regulations. Review real world
coding makes meal planning easy while examples with solutions and lists of creditable Ready to reignite your passion? Become
maintaining compliance. Standardized recipe foods, tools and resources while maintaining motivated around the fact that you matter and
building is simple with 5,000 pre-loaded products compliance with civil rights. what you do is important. Learn who you are
and recipes in the software. Easily plan compliant at your best and what helps you to operate at
menus for CACFP, SBP, NSLP, SFSP and Smart Program Spotlight optimal potency. Leave understanding what your
Snack standards. Iteration, Innovation and best ability is and why it is important to stay
Collaboration: Child Nutrition and encouraged even in the tough times.
Nutrition Community Wellness Hubs
Ingredients for Nutrition in Early 37
Childhood S3 Empire D

S1 Empire C Liliana Ruiz Fischer, MPH, National Recreation and Park
Association
Pasha Norwood, Ed.S, Ed.D, Lyssa Laine’s Martina Leforce, Grow Appalachia

Good nutrition is an important ingredient of a What is a community wellness hub, and how
healthy lifestyle. Eating healthy foods helps can partnerships with park and recreation
children get the nutrients their bodies need to agencies support the health of children and their
nourish their minds, bodies and spirits to stay families? Learn how a collaboration of a parks
healthy, active and strong. Learn more about the and recreation agency, partners, and community
best practices of nutrition. members can implement innovative food access
strategies to support health and well-being.

Here’s to the Heroes

From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank each and every one of you for
adapting and overcoming difficult circumstances during the pandemic.

You continued to provide nutritious, healthy food to the children and adults in your care
by whatever means necessary. You are all heroes, and you are tremendously valued.

38 National CACFP Sponsors Association

Workshops Seven | 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Nutrition Policy & Advocacy At-Risk Afterschool
Making a Muffin Tin Recipe Box Double Session Navigating At-Risk Afterschool
Awareness, Connectedness, and Programs
S1 Strand 10 Action: Equity and Anti-Racism
S4 Empire C
Denise Andrews, CCNP, CMP, For the Children S7 Strand 11
Marleah Walker, Feeding Lousiana
Are you or your family home child care providers Julia Gest, MEd, Penn State Better Kid Care Korey Patty, MBA, Feeding Louisiana
having trouble serving mixed foods and not Laurie Strouse, Penn State Better Kid Care Tanya O’Reilly, Feeding Louisiana
serving the right quantities? We’ll teach you
how to use our muffin tin hack and you’ll work Anti-racism is a lens to root out, name, and Interested in starting an At-Risk Afterschool
in groups to develop a new recipe to share with address racial biases through the process of program? Join our network of Louisiana Food
fellow attendees. understanding bias, building cultural competence, Banks as we share best practices on how to
and nurturing family partnerships. Receive implement and operate an Afterschool program.
Nutrition resources and tools on how to commit to a Discuss innovative approaches to your program
Ask Us Anything About Food as process of meaningful self-reflection and during the pandemic with the use of waivers.
Medicine engagement, support a foundation for anti-racism
and equitable practice that positively impacts Research & Resources
S1 Empire B children and families. Sowing a Brighter Future for
Louisiana
Dyan Hes, MD, Gramercy Pediatrics Program Spotlight
Pam Cureton, RD, LDN, University of Maryland School of Lessons Learned: Partnerships to S1 Strand 13
Medicine Department of Pediatrics Address Food Insecurity
Angela J. Ginn-Meadow, RD, LDN, RN, CDE, University of Crystal Besse, MPH, LSU AgCenter
Maryland’s Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology S7 Celestin ABC Judith Myhand, MS, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Mersaydes Davis, Louisiana Farm to School Program
Bring your questions – you can ask us anything Laura Conklin MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics
about pediatric diets and special needs diets Florence Rivera, MPH, CAE, American Academy of Pediatrics Dig in and discover how the Seeds to Success
such as type 1 diabetes or gluten intolerance. Haily Rauzi, MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics Program in Louisiana promotes and supports
An unscripted, dynamic and real conversation organizations across the state serving local
focusing on how the food we serve can help Hear about this national project aimed to foster foods, gardening and educating young minds
children thrive. collaboration within state systems, including through nutrition and agriculture. Leave with best
CACFP providers, early care educators and practices and benefits of encouraging healthy
Research & Resources pediatricians to improve food insecurity choices and promoting physical activity.
Sesame Street in Communities’ screening, referral and resource delivery
Resources for Health to families. Take away strategies to build Summer Food
Emergencies partnerships addressing food insecurity in your Creating a Mobile Summer Meals
community. & Community Food Access
S3 Strand 12 Operation
Financial Management
Antonio Freitas, MS, Sesame Street Workshop Investigating Fraud, Waste Empire D
& Abuse in Federally Funded
A health emergency, such as the Covid-19 Programs Beth Brewster, Caroline County Public Schools
pandemic, brings many changes and uncertainty Kara Panowitz, MSW, No Kid Hungry MD
for young children and families. But there are S5 Celestin FGH
things we can do to face this “for now normal” Mobile summer meals are a great way to increase
with emotional support, establishing routines, and Cherese Myree, CFE, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC food access, especially in rural areas. Caroline
maintaining a sense of optimism. Join Sesame Monica Miles, CPA, CFE, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC County Public Schools has taken it a step further
Street in Communities to keep every child ready and added a “farmers’ market” and other food
for school and the world, no matter where they Gain insight on investigating allegations of non- access initiatives on their mobile van, “Sho Go.”
are learning! compliance in the CACFP and SFSP. Learn how Participants will learn how they set up a mobile
to identify red flags during a monitoring review operation, including vehicle procurement, retro-
Management and take home interview techniques, sampling fitting, site mapping and menus.
Double Session methodologies and best practices that have been
Policies and Procedures for instrumental in identifying fraud, waste and Nutrition
CACFP Success abuse in federally funded programs. Smart & Creditable Snacks

S6 Empire A S1 Celestin DE

Tamika Figgs, MS, ESC 11 Chef Brenda Thompson-Wattles, LD, RDN, BLT Food &
Amanda Tucker, CMP, CCNP, LSS, TITAN - LINQ Nutrition LLC

Policies and procedures are the fundamental Snacks are an essential part of daily meal plans
foundation of a successful CACFP organization. and fill a gap for energy and nutrients needed
Learn the pitfalls of policies and procedures, for play, learning, and growth. Receive ready-
receive a template to write better policies and to-go snack recipes, tips for encouraging kids to
practice writing actual policies. try new foods and kitchen hacks for easy snack
preparation.

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Workshops Eight | 10:30 am - 11:30 am Thursday

Program Admin/Operations Summer Food Nutrition
CACFP in Emergency Housing From Hot to Cold: Create an Cutting Through Carbohydrate
Shelters Award Winning SFSP Cold Lunch Confusion
Menu
S2 Strand 10 S1 Celestin ABC
Empire B
Pam Parseghian, Health Promotion Council Kelly LeBlanc, LDN, RD, Oldways
Patricia Smith, OHS Philadelphia K. Elise Lindstrom, MA, RD, Marion County Public Health
Eric Williams, OHS Philadelphia Department Let’s clear up the carbohydrate confusion!
Tikilia Tinker-Martin, CMP, Indianapolis Parks and We’ll give a research update on the nutritional
Join us for a bird’s-eye view of implementing Recreation advantages of whole grains and explore examples
and running CACFP in emergency housing sites. of popular carbohydrate “myths” and examine
Discuss the monitoring guidelines practiced by Cold meals can be high-quality, healthy and reach the scientific evidence supporting common
Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services while children in a variety of non-traditional settings. carbohydrate conundrums. Providers will develop
working with outside consultants, such as Health Learn how to work with key community partners thoughtful, evidence-based tactics for answering
Promotion Council and foodservice management to bring cold meals to the Summer Food Service common questions.
companies. Program. Presented by a 2017 Silver and 2018
Gold USDA Turnip the Beet award winner. Nutrition
Program Spotlight Passport to Latino Traditions and
Lessons Learned: Serving 5.5 Research & Resources Culture Impacting Food Choices
Million Meals in a Pandemic Movement & Fun: Learn Ways to in America
Promote Active Play with Infants
Strand 12 and Toddlers S1 Empire C

Caitlyn Scales, PhD, MS, Three O’Clock Project S1 Empire D Sylvia E. Klinger, RDN, CBA, MS, RD, Hispanic Food
Communications
Hear the story of how the community came Diane H. Craft, PhD, Active Play Books
together to ensure children were not left hungry Learn to become more aware of the traditional
when schools shut down in March 2020. Over 12 Learn fun, developmentally appropriate physical foods in Hispanic cuisine and how to break the
school districts and countless nonprofit partners activities to play with infants and toddlers in barriers with the Latino culture. Leave with
joined forces to serve over 5.5 million meals in CACFP child care homes and centers and Early a better understanding of Hispanic culture,
Louisiana. Head Start classrooms. Consider the many common Latin American ingredients, family
benefits of physical activity and how these dynamics and the foods we love.
Research & Resources activities help meet recommended best practices.
Straw Bales: A New Way to View demonstrations and videos of these Nutrition
Garden activities so you can apply these ideas in your Digestible Bites: Modifying Foods
own trainings. for Special Diets
S1 Strand 13
Train-the-Trainer S1 Celestin DE
Pamela Heisler, CCNP, Food for Kids ABCs of a Healthy Me
Alix Pasillas, CMP, CCNP, Food for Kids Isabel Ramos-Lebron, MS, LD, RDN, National CACFP
S1 Celestin FGH Sponsors Association
No space? No soil? No problem. Learn how to
start a straw bale garden from beginning to end. Caliste Chong, MS, Nemours Children’s Health Learn the differences between various types of
You will be ready to plant and grow with the mechanical diets and how to prepare these foods
children in your care this spring! A is for apple? No, A is for Active Play! Discuss to meet CACFP guidelines
the “ABCs of a Healthy Me!” and practices that
support the healthy growth and development of Policy & Advocacy
children. Identify the changes in our world that Double Session Continued
have led to increased rates of obesity and explore Awareness, Connectedness, and
resources. Action: Equity and Anti-Racism
See page 39 for workshop description.

Management
Double Session Continued
Policies and Procedures for
CACFP Success

See page 39 for workshop description.

41

CACFP

Professionals’

Celebration

Thursday, 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

By invitation. See invitation for room location.

We celebrate and commend those who have obtained the highest level of CACFP professional acknowledgment by earning
their certification as a Management Professional and/or Child Nutrition Professional.

Get your certification today to receive an invitation for a celebration reception in your honor.

Congratulations to these attendees for receiving their certification!

 Adraine Garner, CCNP  Denise Andrews, CCNP, CMP  Lillian Waddle-Ashton, CMP  Salome Pemberton, CCNP
 Alan Mills, CCNP, CMP  Diana Taormino, CCNP  Lindsay Talbot, CMP  Samantha Hodgman, CCNP
 Alethea Etinoff, CCNP  Dorleen Wolbaum, CCNP, CMP  Lisa Garrett, CCNP  Sandra Doran, CCNP
 Alex Marshall, CCNP  Elizabeth Curtis, CMP  Lisa Pendleton, CCNP, CMP  Sandy Gregory, CCNP, CMP
 Alix Pasillas, CCNP, CMP  Emily Tardiff, CCNP  Lori Mahony, CCNP  Sarah Cascaes, CCNP
 Alva Johnston, CCNP, CMP  Erika Peña, CCNP  Lorraine Scuccimarra, CCNP, CMP  Sarah McAleavy, CCNP, CMP
 Amanda Dyes, CCNP  Eunice Acosta, CCNP  Ma. Angeles Umana, CCNP  Savannah Thornburgh, CCNP
 Amy Allen, CCNP, CMP  Evelyn Lopez, CCNP  Marcia Wileczek, CCNP, CMP  Senta Hester, CMP
 Ana Barranco, CMP  Gabriela Rangel, CCNP, CMP  Marguerite C. Kaiser, CCNP  Serena Buck, CCNP
 Ana Laura Cortazar, CCNP, CMP  Gladys Seals, CCNP  Maria Elena Florez, CCNP, CMP  Sharon Petroski, CCNP
 Angie Hughes, CCNP, CMP  Hali Riley, CCNP  Maria Gonzalez Morales, CCNP  Shauna Kendell, CCNP, CMP
 Anji Armagost, CCNP, CMP  Heather Coverdale, CCNP, CMP  Marie Archer, CMP  Shawn Shaw, CCNP
 Ann Cunningham, CCNP  Heidi Buck, CCNP  Mark Atkins, CCNP, CMP  Shelby Beverly, CCNP
 Annetta Rutland, CCNP, CMP  Jami Lee-Rokala, CCNP  Megan Evenson, CCNP, CMP  Sheron Givings, CCNP
 Anthony Mosley, CCNP  Jane Rose, CCNP, CMP  Megan Runk, CCNP  Sherri Looft, CCNP, CMP
 Arlene James, CCNP  Jazmin Cuevas, CCNP  Melissa Moore, CCNP  Spencer Tengan, CCNP, CMP
 Ashley Strunk, CCNP, CMP  Jenny Wallinger, CCNP, CMP  Mercedes Gutierrez, CCNP, CMP  Stacie Shurock, CCNP, CMP
 Barbara Brown, CCNP  Joanne Norman, CCNP, CMP  Michele Parker, CCNP, CMP  Stacy Olszewski, CCNP
 Beth Carlton, CCNP, CMP  Jocelyn Moss, CCNP, CMP  Michelle Buchanan, CCNP, CMP  Stephanie Manchester, CCNP, CMP
 Beth Hannon Seifert, CCNP, CMP  John Caldwell, CCNP  Michelle Freitas, CCNP  Susan Abed, CCNP, CMP
 Billie Jo Meehan, CCNP, CMP  Joseph Golden, CCNP  Michelle Rosegreen, CMP  Susan Doyle, CCNP
 Blake Stanford, CMP  Juan Flores, CMP  Michelle Stickley, CCNP  Susan Horner, CCNP, CMP
 Blanca Arteaga, CMP  K. Denise Teno, CCNP, CMP  Milele Kennedy, CMP  Susan Ison, CMP
 Brad Currie, CCNP, CMP  Kara Flaming, CCNP, CMP  Monica Hope, CMP  Takesha Middleton, CCNP
 Brenda Baldwin, CMP  Karen Malone, CCNP  Neeraj Ghule, CCNP  Tamee DeCoursey, CCNP, CMP
 Brendia Moses, CCNP, CMP  Karen Velasco, CMP  Nermina Husic, CCNP  Tara Arnold, CCNP, CMP
 Carmel Davenport, CCNP, CMP  Karina Nunez, CCNP, CMP  Nicole Bamba, CMP  Tarik Kanaana, CCNP
 Carolyn Miller, CCNP, CMP  Kate Abernathy, CCNP, CMP  Nicole Harris, CMP  Temarah Harrison, CCNP
 Carolyn Roberson, CCNP  Kati Wagner, CCNP, CMP  Nicole Rasmussen, CCNP, CMP  Temisha West, CCNP, CMP
 Cathy Harper, CCNP, CMP  Katy Reasoner, CCNP  Pamela Heisler, CCNP  Teresa Turnbull, CCNP, CMP
 Champaigne Spivey, CCNP  Kelly Cahill, CCNP  Patricia Menard, CCNP, CMP  Tikilia Tinker-Martin, CMP
 Chelsea Dow, CCNP  Kerry Tooker, CCNP, CMP  Phillip (Dean) Hester II, CCNP  Tina Bischoff, CCNP, CMP
 Christina Flythe, CCNP  Kerry-Ann Smith, CMP  Phillip Hester, CCNP, CMP  Tina Jordan, CCNP
 Christy Frazier, CCNP, CMP  Kimberly Castelluzzo, CCNP  Rev. Dr. Lawrence Karow, CCNP, CMP  Tina Sisco, CCNP
 Corina Cortez, CCNP  Kristie Patrick, CCNP  Rhonda Garvin, CCNP, CMP  Tonya Hytrek, CCNP
 Crissie Hall, CCNP  Kristina Bedikian, CCNP  Rhonda Kobylecky, CCNP, CMP  Tracie Lane, CCNP
 Cynthia Ehrhart, CCNP, CMP  Lacey Drews, CCNP  Rianda Levin, CCNP  Valerie J. Cable, CMP
 Dana Williams, CCNP, CMP  Lana Taylor, CCNP, CMP  Robert Fillmore, CCNP, CMP  Vicki Lipscomb, CMP
 Deborah Gillison-Wilson, CCNP, CMP  LaRae Steffan, CCNP, CMP  Robin Paul, CCNP, CMP  Wend’e Pittmon, CCNP
 Debra Cooper, CCNP  Lauren Jeges-Seitz, CCNP  Rose Sutherland, CMP  Wenona Watson, CCNP
 Demond Woods, CCNP, CMP  Leah Penna, CCNP, CMP  Ruth Uhey, CCNP, CMP

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Workshops Nine | 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Thursday

Nutrition Train-the-Trainer Commercial
Awareness, Accommodations, Double Session Taking the Paper Out of CACFP
Management: Diabetes in the Start Strong: A Cooking Paperwork
CACFP Curriculum for Family Child Care
Providers Empire B
S1 Strand 10
S3 Empire A Danielle Jones, KidKare by Minute Menu
Jill Cox, MS, RD, Penn State Better Kid Care
Mary Schroeder, RD, LD, MPH, University of Minnesota Are you tired of keeping track of CACFP
As the number of young children diagnosed with Extension paperwork? What if we told you we could cut
diabetes is increasing, we must learn the basics of Kelly Kunkel, MS, University of Minnesota Extension the time you spend on paperwork in half? Join
diabetes care and management. Gain awareness us to learn how KidKare by Minute Menu
of the signs, symptoms and key aspects of care Child care providers may lack the cooking skills solves the CACFP paper problem—by taking
that are essential for childcare professionals to and time needed to prepare healthy foods. Learn all the CACFP paperwork and reporting digital.
make reasonable accommodations for children how to teach the Start Strong: Cooking, Feeding Whether you sponsor homes, centers, or both,
with Type 1 diabetes. and More curriculum. Topics include: knife we have a solution for you. With 30 years of
skills, adding flavor without salt, cooking with experience, we are continuing to make CACFP
Nutrition beans, menu planning and more. easier and more manageable. Join us to learn how
On-Trend CACFP Recipes we can help you!
Research & Resources
S2 Celestin FGH Perspectives on Promoting Program Spotlight
Access to the CACFP Share Successes: Happily Healthy
Malissa Marsden, SNS, Child Nutrition Support Services Meal Kits
S7 Strand 11
Cycle menus require planning and forecasting S1 Strand 13
as well as recipe and menu development. Fight Brenda Davis Koester, MS, Family Resiliency Center
menu fatigue by seeing how popular foods can Hailey Heinz, MA, University of New Mexico Laura Duckworth, SIUC Head Start
be versatile and support your program. See what Rebecca M. Schermbeck, MPH, MS, RD, School of Public Dawn Null, LDN, PhD, RD, Southern Illinois University
other programs are doing and take home their Health at the University of Illinois-Chicago Toni Kay Wright, MS, University of Illinois Extension
recipes and ideas.
Want to learn about research on improving access Learn how the Happily Healthy program
At-Risk Afterschool to CACFP? We’ll highlight current work from provided monthly meal kits, nutrition education,
Partnering with Community three research studies examining actionable recipes and nutrition program resources to SIUC
Nonprofits to Expand ARAS and policy and programmatic strategies to improve Head Start families. The program supported the
SFSP access to the CACFP in Illinois and New Mexico, food security needs of families while educating
including sustaining policies and innovations them on cooking skills, budgeting, MyPlate,
S4 Empire C born out of the COVID-19 pandemic. physical activity and family meals. Discuss what
items were included in the meal kits and what
Helen Woo, MS, RDN, LDN, Sanfoka Community Head Start families learned from the program.
Development Corporation Why Nutrition Matters in Head
Start Program Admin/Operations
A neighborhood food pantry is not your typical Double Session
site for serving kids meals. However, it is a S1 Celestin ABC CACFP Menu Planning 101
community, place-based way of reaching the
most vulnerable populations. Learn how a small Shauna Payne, AAP, Tallatoona CAP Head Start S2 Celestin DE
nonprofit expanded its pantry services to include
kids meals and snacks, why, lessons learned, and Head Start has been around for five decades and Mimi Wu, MS, RD, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
recommendations for nonprofits and sponsors. counting. Its unique design offers comprehensive Xaviera Davis, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
education, health, and nutrition services to Heather Burkhead, MS,, Institute of Child Nutrition
Policy & Advocacy low-income children. Come learn why nutrition
Advancing Health Equity in Child matters and how you can meet the nutritional Discover how to use Team Nutrition and Institute
Nutrition needs of our country’s most vulnerable children. of Child Nutrition (ICN) resources to understand
and apply CACFP meal pattern requirements,
S7 Empire D Train-the-Trainer identify creditable foods, and plan cycle menus.
Creative Solutions to Provide Attendees will learn how to incorporate menu
Traci Causey, MS, MBA, SNS, CHES, Alliance for a Healthier Nutrition Education During a planning principles such as balance, variety,
Generation Pandemic contrast, color, and appearance when creating
nutritious and appealing menus for CACFP meals
Equitable and inclusive access to healthy meals S3 Strand 12 and snacks.
is critical in addressing health disparities and
improving health outcomes. Meals and nutrition Milicent Crosby, RD, LD, Mississippi Food Network 43
education offered through CACFP play a vital Kamryn Gooden, Mississippi Food Network
role in the health and well-being of children and
families. Explore best practices and opportunities Looking for ways to provide nutrition education
for providers to advance health equity through a virtually? Learn tips and creative ways to
policy, systems, and environmental approach. enhance nutrition education offerings at CACFP
and SFSP sites.

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Workshops Ten | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Thursday

Policy & Advocacy Research & Resources Nutrition
Accommodating Participants Nutrition Education with the CACFP Meal Component Jeopardy
with Disabilities in Community Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
Meals S2 Empire D
S3 Strand 13
S7 Strand 10 Linsey LaPlant, MS, RDN, Health-e Pro
Jordyn Barlow, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Staff Test your meal pattern knowledge by playing
Let’s talk about nutrition education! Here at the meal component Jeopardy! Categories will
Get requirement updates related to Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, our nutrition include meal patterns, calculating contributions,
accommodating participants with disabilities education is comprised of two programs: Pick standardizing recipes, weight vs. measure and
participating in CACFP, as required by a Better Snack and Pick it, Try it, Like it. Learn everyone’s favorite: grain/grain equivalents.
Federal law, USDA regulations and the Policy more about the programs and how to implement,
Memorandum, Modifications to Accommodate plan, prepare and teach them. Discover how Nutrition
Disabilities in the Child and Adult Care Food we overcame obstacles with each program and Gardens in Childcare
Program and Summer Food Service Program to how they helped grow our nutrition education
ensure equal access and opportunity. initiatives. S1 Strand 11

Head Start At-Risk Afterschool Cheryl Moss, A Mother’s Touch Center for Child
CACFP and Head Start Food Leveraging Lessons Learned to Development
Service Regulations Improve Your Afterschool Meals
Do children in your facility know how they get
S4 Empire B S2 Empire C food or where it grows? Creating gardens with
children help them understand where fresh
Rhonda Kobylecky, CCNP, CMP, Acelero Learning Paige Pokorney, MPH, Share Our Strength food comes from. Join us and learn about the
Walter Campbell, MBA, Charleston County School District importance of gardening with children and its
We will focus on the performance standards that Eugenie Sellier, MPA, Alabama Food Bank Association developmental benefits.
govern child nutrition and how they align with Jennifer Brown, MHS, RDN, LDN, State of North Carolina
the CACFP program to provide good nutrition to Department of Public Instruction Financial Management
children in Head Start. Also, learn what’s new in Grant Writing 101
the HS performance standards concerning child The past two years have presented both
nutrition. challenges and opportunities for the At-Risk S5 Celestin FGH
Afterschool Meals Program. Hear from
Train-the-Trainer Afterschool Meals operators on how they plan Alexia Thex, MEd, National CACFP Sponsors Association
iTrain, You Train: Tools and to leverage lessons learned and answer your
Strategies for Training Your questions. New to grant writing? Learn how to read and
CACFP Staff respond to a Request for Proposal when applying
Program Spotlight for a grant. Get tips on how to write a statement
S3 Celestin ABC Multi-Sector Collaboration to of need, outline measurable objectives and
Achieve Nutrition Equity evaluation measures, and put together budget
Danielle Barrett, EdD, RDN, Institute of Child Nutrition justifications.
Janae Owens, MS, CHES, Institute of Child Nutrition S3 Strand 12
Program Admin/Operations
Need to train, but limited on time? Come learn Renée Farias, Let’s Eat Healthy Double Session Continued
about The Institute of Child Nutrition’s iTrain Kristal Shelden, RDN, MPH, Let’s Eat Healthy CACFP Menu Planning 101
Lessons. They are short training lessons for See page 43 for workshop description.
CACFP professionals to use in 20 minutes or Well-Nourished, Brighter Futures, an initiative
less. You’ll receive user-friendly training tips and of the Let’s Eat Healthy® movement, aims to Train-the-Trainer
strategies for training CACFP professionals. achieve nutrition equity through multi-sector Double Session Continued
collaboration. Hear about their collaboration Start Strong: A Cooking
and resources to help children in your program Curriculum for Family Child Care
achieve optimal health and development. Providers
See page 43 for workshop description.
national and community allies

NCA is honored to work with a number of national and community nonprofit
organizations whose commitment to the child nutrition community knows no boundaries.

We hope you will take some time when you get home to learn more about them.

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Featured Speakers | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Arts Integration and the Health of the Whole Child

S1 Celestin ABC

First Lady Mrs. Donna Edwards and Louisiana First Foundation Teach MAM (Music, Arts,
and Movement) Ambassador Teachers share the vital role and importance the Arts play in
education. Explore how arts education can provide enrichment and positive impacts on the
health and wellness of the whole child. Learn how to implement fun activities related to
music, art and movement.

First Lady Mrs. Donna Edwards Carolyn Scalfano Annelise Cassar Tedesco

First Lady of Louisiana Art Ambassador Music Ambassador
Louisiana First Foundation Teach MAM Louisiana First Foundation Teach MAM

Get Off the Rollercoaster and Take a Journey to Wellness

S1 Empire B

Caregivers and community health professionals are often the last to take their own advice which they share with parents
and staff — to take care of themselves physically and emotionally so they are better able to help the children in their
care. Hear Julie’s personal story of a wellness journey that included making peace with food and her body to better
care for herself and how she has maintained that peace for decades. She’ll inspire you and share practical dietary and
exercise habits that turn a blind eye to fad diets and extreme eating patterns.

Julie Miller Jones, PhD, LN, CNS

Distinguished Scholar & Professor Emerita, St. Catherine University
Board Member, Grain Foods Foundation

USDA SFSP Policy Update

Celestin DE

Hear from USDA as they present an overview of new and revised policy guidance for the

Summer Food Service Program and share a state-of-the-program update on SFSP program

developments, policy, and guidance. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service works to end

hunger and obesity through the administration of 15 federal nutrition assistance programs

including the Summer Food Service Program which is crucial to ensuring year-round access

to foods for children.

Alice McKenney, MS Andrea Farmer, MS, RD Alicia White, MS, RD
Branch Chief, Program Monitoring and Operational Support Branch Chief, Nutrition Education and Promotion
Branch Chief, Community Meals Policy
USDA Food and Nutrition Service USDA Food and Nutrition Service USDA Food and Nutrition Service

“Love is the most important part of caring for children. I hope that they
will take what I teach them and the experiences that they have with me
throughout their lives.”
Maria Claudia Ortega, My Little Geniuses

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Shop Talk | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Thursday

37th NCNC: San Diego Suggestions Managing Remote Teams
Bolden 1 S6 Bolden 6

Have ideas for the conference next year? Come share what you loved about Working from home is now a thing. Let’s share ideas on how to manage
this year and what you want to see next year in San Diego. We want to hear teams that work remotely to ensure collaboration and community also
from you! continue.

Hannah Morris, National CACFP Sponsors Association Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association

Engaging in Local Advocacy Nutrition Needs in Tribal Nations
S7 Bolden 3 S2 Bolden 5

Big changes start at the local level. Let your local government know Are you currently working in CACFP in a Tribal Nation? Let’s share cultural
about the amazing work you do every day and how important the CACFP food preferences work when menu planning.
community is. You’ll learn how to engage with local stakeholders to spread
awareness about the importance of CACFP. Isabel Ramos-Lebron, MS, RD, LDN, National CACFP Sponsors Association

Josie Johnson, National CACFP Sponsors Association USDA Listening Session for State Agencies
Bolden 4
Fundraising Brainstorm
S6 Bolden 2 Come share your knowledge about what’s working in the CACFP, where you
need more support, and what type of resources you need.
Need new fundraising ideas? Have ideas to share? Join us for an exchange
on great ways to bring in money to your program.

Alexia Thex, MEd, National CACFP Sponsors Association

Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs

Get all of the current information in one manual to help you and
your purchasing agent:

• Buy the right amount of food and the appropriate type of
food for your program(s).

• Determine the specific contribution each food makes
toward the meal pattern requirements.

The Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs is available to The Food Buying Guide Goes Digital!
download and/or print as a PDF. The web-based Interactive Food Buying Guide allows you to:
The Food Buying Guide Mobile App provides easily search and navigate food yields, compare food yields, and
quick access to food yield information to help create and save favorite foods lists.
you make purchasing decisions from your
mobile device. Download it today. It also includes:

foodbuyingguide.fns.usda.gov The Interactive Product Formulation Statement Workbook
allows manufacturers to easily calculate their product’s
contribution statement and generate crediting documentation.

The Recipe Analysis Workbook which helps program
operators determine the meal pattern contribution for recipes!
Easily search for creditable ingredients, calculate the meal
pattern contribution, and print a contribution statement.

The FBG Calculator assists Child Nutrition Program
operators in creating a shopping list to streamline food
ordering needs for their programs.

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Friday, April 22

State Agency Collaboration | 9:30 am - 11:00 am Featured Sessions

Take the opportunity to connect with other State Agency staff and participate in an open discussion to CACFP Creditable Resources S1
exchange ideas with one another. for Professionals
This session is for State Agency staff only.
Imperial 10 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Alexia Thex, MEd, National CACFP Sponsosrs Association Learn about the nutrition education resources
which are available from us free-of-charge,
Ask Us Anything Open House including the guides for Identifying Whole
Grain-Rich, determining sugar content in
Start your day with the National CACFP Sponsors Association Board of Directors. Our board cereals and yogurt, and which milk to serve
will be available for open conversation and to answer questions about the topics below. in the CACFP. Create your own toolkit
of meal pattern materials and nutrition
Session #1 | 8:00 am - 9:00 am Session #2 | 9:15 am - 10:15 am education flyers to use in your program and
share with your community.
At-Risk Afterschool Opportunities Bolden 1 Being on the NCA Board Bolden 1
Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association
Vicki Lipscomb, CMP Denise Andrews, CMP, CCNP/ Rhonda Kobylecky, CMP, CCNP
CACFP Professionals
Sponsoring Family Homes Bolden 2 Succession Planning Bolden 2 Certification Overview

Denise Andrews, CMP, CCNP; Gabriela Rangel, CMP, CCNP Vicki Lipscomb, CMP; Robin Paul, CMP, CCNP Imperial 10| 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Interested in learning more about how to
Head Start Guidance Bolden 3 Sponsoring Adult Day Cares Bolden 3 earn the CACFP Management Professional
or the CACFP Child Nutrition Professional
Rhonda Kobylecky, CMP, CCNP; Isabel Ramos-Lebron, MS, RD, LDN Alix Pasillas, CMP, CCNP; Deborah Gillison-Wilson, CMP, CCNP designation? Join us to hear why the
program was started, what the qualifications
Meal Patterns Bolden 4 Summer Food Service Bolden 4 are, and next steps to getting the certification
complete.
Deborah Gillison-Wilson,CMP, CCNP; Alix Pasillas, CMP, CCNP Kati Wagner, CMP, CCNP
Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association
Policy & Advocacy Bolden 5 Monitoring Bolden 5

Alexia Thex, MEd; Kati Wagner, CMP, CCNP Annetta Rutland, CMP, CCNP; Gabriela Rangel, CMP, CCNP

Sponsoring Child Care Centers Bolden 6

Annetta Rutland, CMP, CCNP; Robin Paul, CMP, CCNP

Bonus Sessions

Pre-registration required. See your ticket for room location.

8:00 am - 10:00 am 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
CORE Training: Trainer Success
CORE Training: Management Food Safety in Child Care Develop the characteristics of a successful trainer.
Plans Food Safety in Child Care, formerly known as Participants will learn and practice effective
Learn the purpose and requirements of the Serving Safe Food in Child Care, is based on communication and active listening skills,
management plan and how it relates to the the four principles of the Fight BAC© program: understand adult learning styles, identify and
CACFP performance standards. Participants will Clean, Separate, Cook, and Cool. Developed use probing questions to land the learning, and
learn the importance of monitoring, evaluating specifically for child care providers in the demonstrate an understanding of trainer success
and implementing a complete and comprehensive CACFP environment, it provides four hours of techniques by participating in engaging activities.
management plan through individual and group face-to-face food safety training for foodservice
activities. employees in child care. Danni Pruitt, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC

Arnette Cowan, MS, RD, MH Miles Company, CPA, PC Lenora Phillips, MS, RD, Institute of Child Nutrition

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Friday

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