The Child and Adult Care Food Program

1. Feeding Infants in the CACFP The Child and Adult Care Food Program playing a vital and integral role in improving the overall quality of care and daily nutritional health of participants

2. Do I Have to Feed Infants? YES! It’s a matter of civil rights. WHY? Or else…

3. Documentation • Document infant meals: • Infant Formula and Food Notification Form • Itemized receipts or invoices • Feeding records – either: • Infant menu (show all foods actually served) • Individual feeding records • Point-of-service meal counts • Count each meal on the point-of-service form after each infant has been fed all components

5. Form Changes

6. Do I Have to Buy Infant Formula? YES!

7. Do I Have to Buy Infant Food? Absolutely!

8. What do I buy?

9. Infant Formula Almost any brand will do……

10. Infant Formula 0 through 11 months

11. Infant Foods Any brand packaged baby food “Homemade” purees

12. Non-Creditable Infant Foods

13. Simple Rules to Follow

14. Infant Feeding: Formula • Buy, stock and offer at least one approved formula • Get a signed Infant Formula and Food Notification Form for every infant • Do not claim an infant meal if parent provides formula without IFFN on file • Serve all infants (through 11 months) formula or breast milk • Feed on demand • Use meal pattern as a guide for amounts • Transition to whole cow’s milk at 12-13 months

15. Infants 0 through 3 months ONLY Formula or breast milk on demand

16. Breast Feeding • Breast feeding: • Claim meal if parent brings breast milk and you serve it • Do not claim if mother breast feeds on-site • Unless you provide at least one other component

17. Infants 4 through 11 months May introduced to solid foods to developmentally ready infants

18. Infant Feeding: Foods • Buy, stock and offer at least one approved formula • Buy, stock and offer creditable infant foods • Get a signed Infant Formula and Food Notification Form for every infant • May not claim an infant meal if parent provides formula without IFFN on file • In most circumstances, if parent provides food with IFFN on file, the center may not claim infants meal. • Serve all infants (4 through 11 months) center provided food when developmentally ready • Use meal pattern as a guide amounts • Feed infants on demand

19. Infant Feeding: Foods • Parents may choose to bring some or all meal components • Do not solicit parents to bring food • Discourage parents from bringing food • Center must provide the minimum portion of at least one meal component in order to claim the meal

20. Infant Feeding: Foods • Follow the meal pattern • Work with parents • Explain CACFP meal pattern • Discuss development readiness • Coordinate to introduce foods at the same time

21. Infant Feeding: Foods • Introducing table foods • Only when infant is developmentally ready • You must follow infant meal pattern • Infant cereal is required at breakfast and optional at lunch • Only bread and/or crackers are creditable at snack • Combination foods not creditable • Spaghetti, Casseroles, etc.

22. CACFP Required Meal Pattern

23. Infants 0 through 3 months • Only a USDA approved infant formula or • breast milk may be provided to infants.

24. Infants 4 through 7 months Foods that may be introduced: • Iron-fortified infant cereal • Fruits and vegetables • Homemade purees • Jarred/packaged baby food

25. Infants 8 through 11 months Foods that may be continued or introduced: • Iron-fortified infant cereal • Fruits and vegetables • Meats / meat alternates • Bread and/or crackers • 100% juice • Meats must be single ingredient

26. Questions