If you have questions regarding any of the CACFP trainings, please contact a member of the CACFP Child Nutrition staff.
Basic Training
This link will take you to the handouts that are provided at the CACFP Basic Training. This training is for new applicants as well as new staff who will be working with CACFP. New institutions wanting to participate in CACFP must attend the live training and complete an online contract with the State in order to be eligible to participate in CACFP.
If you are interested in participating in CACFP please contact one of our CACFP Consultants.
CACFP Reviews
- E Review Training for Sponsors
- CACFP Center Review Upload Checklist
- CACFP Daycare Home Review Upload Checklist
- CACFP At Risk Schools Review Upload Checklist
- CACFP Center Administrative Review Questionnaire
- CACFP Homes Administrative Review Questionnaire
- CACFP Homes and Centers Administrative Review Questionnaire
- CACFP Instructions for Uploading Administrative Review Documents into CNPweb
2025 Annual Training
- Agreement and Administrative Review Reminders
- Annual Timeline Overview
- CACFP Budget Refresher
- CACFP Financial Reviews
- Farm and Sea to CACFP
- Meal Pattern Changes - Added Sugars in Cereal and Yogurt
- Serving Milk in the CACFP
- CACFP Budget
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CACFP Budget Training Video
CACFP Budget Supporting Docs Guidance [PDF]
CACFP Financial Tracking Workbook - [Excel]
CACFP Time & Attendance/Time & Effort Guidance [PDF]
CACFP Time & Attendance/Time & Effort Template - [Excel]
Estimated Annual Food Program Reimbursement Worksheet [Excel]
FY26 Center Budget Form - [Excel]
FY26 DCH Budget Form - [Excel]
Job Description Supplemental Form - [Excel]
Less than Arms-Length Rental Calculation [Excel]
Maine CACFP Budget Guidance [PDF]
Procedures for the Annual CACFP DCH Sponsors Budget Form [DOC]
Procedures for the Annual CACFP Centers Sponsors Budget Form [DOC]
Specific Prior Written Approval Documentation [Excel] - Civil Rights
- CNP Web
- Sponsors of Family Childcare Providers
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Guidance Handbook for Sponsors of Family Childcare Providers
Using the FNS Mapper for Census Maybes
- Limited English Proficiency Resources
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Please note: Any of the forms below that contain income guidelines must be updated to reflect the current year's income guidelines prior to use.
- CACFP Enrollment Form - French (Word)
- CACFP Enrollment Form - French (pdf)
- CACFP Enrollment Form - Portuguese (Word)
- CACFP Enrollment Form - Portuguese (pdf)
- CACFP Enrollment Form - Somali (Word)
- CACFP Enrollment Form - Somali (pdf)
- Growing a Healthier Future with CACFP - French (pdf)
- Growing a Healthier Future with CACFP - French (PowerPoint)
- Growing a Healthier Future with CACFP - Portuguese (pdf)
- Growing a Healthier Future with CACFP - Portuguese (PowerPoint)
- Growing a Healthier Future with CACFP - Somali (pdf)
- Growing a Healthier Future with CACFP - Somali (PowerPoint)
- Farm to CACFP
- Procurement
- Presentations & Helpful Tools
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- Administrative Review and E Review Training
- Menu Best Practices
- Annual Budgets
- Corrective Action Plan
- Management Plans
For links to CACFP webinars, please check the Webinars and Training page of our website
- Links to USDA Resources
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- USDA Food and Nutrition Service - Link to the USDA CACFP Page
- 5-Day Reconciliation in Centers
- Sponsor Monitoring Requirements
Brochures and Posters
Cookbooks
Financial
Handbooks - This link will take you to the following handbooks: Adult Day Care Centers, At-Risk After school Care Centers, Day Care Homes, Independent Centers, Management Plans and Budgets, Serious Deficiency, Suspension, & Appeals
- Using Ounce Equivalents
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Ounce Equivalents for CACFP (1:20) (2/9/2023)
- Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP Including Grains Measuring Chart
- Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents in the CACFP
- Calculating Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP
- Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP
- Determining Ounce Equivalents of Grains in CACFP Recipes
- USDAs Exhibit A Grains Chart
- Exhibit A Grains Tool to the Rescue! (USDA Webinar)
- How to Maximize the Exhibit A Grains Tool (USDA Webinar)
- In-Grained: Easy Tools to Determine Serving Amounts (USDA Webinar)
- Ready-to-eat Breakfast Cereal Categories
- USDA Recipes for Child Care Homes and Adult Day Care
- Child Nutrition Recipe Box from the Institute of Child Nutrition/USDA Standardized Recipes
- Maine DOE Culinary Classroom Recipes
- Ounce Equivalent - Adult Food Chart
- Ounce Equivalent - Adult Portion Menu Sample
- Ounce Equivalent - Adult Portion Menu
- Ounce Equivalent - Child Food Chart
- Ounce Equivalent - Child Portion Menu Sample
- Ounce Equivalent - Child Portion Menu
- Ounce Equivalent - Infant Food Chart
- Ounce Equivalent - Infant Portion Menu - Daily
- Ounce Equivalent - Infant Portion Menu Sample
- Ounce Equivalent - Infant Portion Menu
Standardized Recipes with Ounce Equivalents Crediting
- Preparing Meals
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- CACFP Meal Patterns - Link to USDA
- Food Buying Guide - Link to USDA
- Infant Feeding - Link to USDA
- Serving School Meals to Preschoolers - Link to USDA
- Standardized Recipe Template for CACFP
- Nutrition
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- My Plate - Building a Healthy Meal
- Team Nutrition
- Mealtimes With Toddlers in the CACFP Operator Booklet
- Mealtimes With Toddlers in the CACFP Family Handout
- Crediting Store-Bought Combination Baby Foods in the CACFP Training Worksheet
- Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP Training Worksheet
- Calculating Ounce Equivalents of Grains in the CACFP Training Worksheet
- Wellness
- WIC
- Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- Other Helpful Links