Best Practices for Center Program Operations

CACFP RT Conference

October 27, 2014

Out of these five areas of compliance for CCFP center operations:

Menu Planning Mealtime Environment Documentation Monitoring Training

Which area do you have the most success and best practices established and which area do you need more tools and resources?

Menu Planning and Mealtime EnvironmentBest Practices:

Cycle Menu and Family Style Meal Service

Menu Features 5 week seasonal cycle menu menu planning and purchasing for centers

made easier with a cycle menu whole grains, seasonal fresh fruit/veggies, no

juice, lean meats, no fried foods, 1% milk (plain)

Menu Planning and Mealtime Environment Tools

Mealtime Rating Scale – centers self assess their mealtime environment for level of quality

Menu Customer Satisfaction Surveys – we survey children, parents, and teachers and use their feedback to create the menu

Menu Planning and Mealtime Environment Resources

Agency Healthy Environment Wellness Policies Healthy Environment Tip Sheets Meal Service Guidelines – support Family Style

meal service and Division in Responsibility in Feeding

Seasonal Fruits and Veggies website – http://www.cuesa.org/eat-seasonally

At your tables discuss…

What best practices, tools and resources do you utilize to ensure compliance in Menu Planning and

Mealtime Environment?

Documentation

Best Practice: Minute Menu CX

Reasons why we switched:ComplianceAccuracyEfficiency (time savings)

Features of Minute Menu

Attendance/Meal Count by name and combined

Meal Benefit Form preprinted Rosters Menu Production Records calculated Racial-Ethnic data Office Error Reports Scanning Technology (one point of entry)

Documentation Tools

Sample Attendance/Meal Count

Sample Menu Production Record

Sample Office Error Report

At your tables discuss…

What best practices, tools and resources do you utilize to ensure

compliance in Documentation?

Monitoring and Training

Best Practices: Monitor Report Corrective Action Plan

Follow up documentation

Narrative Notes

On-site Trainings

Learner-Centered trainings

Tools and Resources

monitor report (last page) narrative notes 30 day follow-up form training sign-in sheet Minute Menu Program Compliance Overview that explains each

compliance area of the monitor report

At your tables discuss…

What best practices, tools and resources do you utilize to ensure

compliance in Monitoring and Training?

Each Table Group…

From each of the four compliance areas present to the large group:

at least one new best practice at least one new tool at least one new resource

Reflection

Individually take a moment to reflect on the best practices, tools, and resources that

were shared today and write down at least two that you will use right away when you

return to work.