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Instructions

• Annual CACFP Center HEA/Enrollment Checklist
• Enrollment and Eligibility Instructions
  

FY 2018 Forms - July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018

• FY 18 Enrollment Form
  
• Spanish
  
• FY 18 Parent Letter
  
• Spanish
  
• FY 18 Household Eligibility Application 
  
• Spanish​
  

​Resources

• Income Eligibility Guidelines ​​July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018​
  
• Income Eligibility Guidelines July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017
• Income Eligibility Guidelines July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016
• Electronic Direct Certification Guidance
• Other Languages for Application Materials
• Meal Benefit Form​​

​​Current Meal Pattern - Until September 30, 2017

• Children Ages 1 to 12
  • Food Substitution Chart - What is Reimbursable
  • Meal Pattern
    • Spanish
  • Milk and Non-Dairy Substitute - What is Reimbursable

• Infants Birth Through 11 Months
  • Formula/Food Waiver Notification
    • Spanish
  • Meal Pattern
    • Spanish
• Menu Form
• Physician's Statement for Food Substitutions
• 21-Day Cycle Menu Form
• Sample 21-Day Cycle Menu
• Sample Snack Menus
• USDA Food Buying Guide For Child Nutrition Programs​

Updated Meal Pattern - Beginning October 1, 2017

​Children Ages 1 to 12, 13-18

• Allowable Milk Substitutions for Children Without Disabilities
  
• CACFP 16-2017, Grain Based Desserts in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
  
• Grain Requirements Q&As
• Menu Form (ISBE 65-11A)
• Sample 21 Day Cycle Menu
• 21 Day Cycle Menu Template (ISBE 65-11B)
• Updated Meal Pattern Requirements Q&As
  
• USDA Meal Pattern
  
• Vegetable and Fruit Requirements Q&As
  
• Tip Sheets
• At-Risk Afterschool Programs
• Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars
• Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars
• Fruit and Vegetable Components
• Grains Component
• Growing a Healthier Future with the CACFP
  
• Meat/Meat Alternate Component
• Milk Component
• Serving Milk in the CACFP
  

Infants Birth Through 11 Months

• New Infant Meal Pattern Information
• Feeding Infants and Meal Pattern Requirements Q&As
  
• Infant Formula/Food Waiver (ISBE 67-90)
• USDA Meal Pattern
  
• Tip Sheets
  
• ​Feeding Infants​

Other Program Information

• Web-based Interactive Food Buying Guide
• Physician's Statement for Food Substitutions
• Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) CACFP Meal Pattern Requirements Resources
  
• USDA Final Rule: CACFP Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
  
• USDA One-Page Summaries of the Updated Meal Standards​

USDA Policy Memos

All U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy memos can be found online at  https://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/policy. 

• CACFP 14-2016, Early Implementation of the CACFP
• CACFP 13-2017, Transition Period for the Updated CACFP Meal Patterns
• CACFP 16-2017, Grain Based Desserts in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
• CACFP 17-2017, Documenting Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
• SP 36 CACFP 15 SFSP 11-2017, 2017 Edition of the Eligibility Manual for School Meals
• CACFP 14 SFSP 10-2017, Modifications to Accommodate Disabilities in CACFP and SFSP

• ​At-Risk After-School Programs
  • Spanish
• Child Care Centers
  • Spanish
• Emergency Shelter Programs
  • Spanish
• Head Start and Even Start Programs
  • Spanish
• Outside-School-Hours Programs
  • Spanish
• Pre-Kindergarten Programs
  • Spanish​

• AFR Spreadsheet
• At-Risk After-School Snack/Supper Program Daily Meal Count Form
• Cash Disbursements
• Checklist of Annual Documents
• Checklist for Profit Audit
• Checklist for Program Review
• Checklist of Monthly Documents
• Food Donations
• For-Profit Eligibility Form
• Master List
• Master List for Emergency Shelter
• Master List for Head Start or Even Start
• Meal Participation Record - Fill in Dates
• Meal Participation Record - 31 Days
• Meal Participation Record for Emergency Shelter
• Meal Participation for Adults
• Monthly Milk Purchase Estimate
• Monthly Profit or Loss Summary
• Personnel Activity Report
• Total Meals Recap
• Training Form​

• Add a New Site
• At-Risk Monitor Form
• At-Risk Verification Document
• Edit Checks 1 and 2
• Fact Sheet for Multi-Site Sponsoring Organizations
  
• Household Contacts System​
  
• Monitor Review Form
  • Monitor Review Form Attachment A
• Preapproval Visit Form
• Site Application​
• WINS Change Request Form (ISBE 67-28)

• Invitation for Bid and Contract for Purchased Meals
  • Blank Breakfast Menu Form
  • Blank Lunch/Supper Menu Form
  • Blank Supplement Menu Form
• Small Purchase Agreement
• School Agreement
• Renewal of Competitively Bid Vended Meal Contract (ISBE 67-90A)
• Certification Regarding Debarment
• Vendor Listing​