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Nebraska Department of Education
Nutrition Services
301 Centennial Mall South
PO Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-9487
(800) 731-2233 (Nebraska Only)
or (402) 471-2488
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Child & Adult Care Food Program
CACFP News and Announcements
FY 2013 Forms and Resources Mailed
Income Eligibility Forms, Income Guidelines and other resources for Fiscal Year 2013 were mailed to CACFP centers and sponsors on
May 11, 2012. If you do not receive your packet by May 18, please contact our office for a replacement.
posted: May 14, 2012
Healthier CACFP Awards Available
Download information on how your center can apply for the Healthier CACFP Award.
Download the Healthier CACFP Awards Application
posted: 29 Mar 2012
CACFP Spring Workshops Announced
Download a flyer for the Annual Training Workshop: CACFP Boot Camp
April and May 2012
posted 9 Mar 2012
Milk Requirements - USDA memo revised
USDA has revised CACFP Memo 21-2011 regarding the nutritional requirements for fluid milk and fluid milk substitutes.
posted: 15 Sep 2011
Reimbursement rates for FY 2012 released today
The reimbursement rates for the Child and Adult Care Food Program were published in today's Federal Register. Click here for rates.
posted: 20 Jul 2011
USDA replaces MyPryamid with MyPlate
USDA has announced that it has replaced MyPyramid with MyPlate.
posted: 2 June 2011
Enter your FY 2012 Application now
Beginning June 1, 2011 you may begin entering your renewal application. You application must be completed and submiited by June 15, 2012. Signature pages and all supporting documents must also be received in our office by June 15, 2011.
posted: 1 June 2011
USDA Issues Policy Memo 23-2011 clarifying the use of Offer Vs Serve and Family Style Meal Service
posted: 17 May 2011
USDA Issues Policy Memo 21-2011 regarding changes in requirements for Fluid Milk
posted 11 May 2011
USDA Issues Policy Memo 20-2011 regarding Availability of Water in CACFP
posted: 11 May 2011
CACFP Annual Update closed
If you did not attend the CACFP Annual Update during April or May 2011 OR attend Recordkeeping training OR Meal Requirements training between September 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 you will not be able to renew your application to participate in the CACFP for FY 2012. The last opportunity to meet your training requirement before June 30, 2011 will be June 9 in Lincoln. Click here to register. Infant meal requirements does NOT qualify as annual training. If you attend the Record Keeping or Meal Requirements training to be held in Lincoln and Omaha in August, you will meet your training requirement for Fy 2011. These dates have not yet been scheduled.
posted: 18 May 2011
CACFP FY 2012 Packets mailed
Packets with forms for Fiscal Year 2012 were mailed to participating centers/sponsors on May 6. If you did not receive a packet, call our office at 800.731-2233. posted: 18 May 2011.
Food Contract for CACFP available in Adobe PDF fillable form
Click here for the updated version (April 2011).
posted: 2 May 2011
Fiscal Year 2011 forms
Income Eligibility forms for Fiscal Year 2011 are now posted on the Nutrition Services web site. See the Forms and Resources page.
Are your records available on site?
CACFP regulations require that your records be available for inspection on-site during your normal business hours. This means if you are visited by NDE Nutrition Services or USDA representatives and your records are not available on-site, an overclaim will be assessed for all months with missing records.
Child Care enrollment forms
Child care centers - are you remembering to have your enrollment forms updated annually? Every 12 months, you need to have parents review the information regarding usual days in care and usual times in care; make changes, if necessary; initial and date the form. Remember, the updating applies ONLY to enrollment forms. You must get NEW Income Eligibility forms (IEFs) every year.