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Published: yesterday
" On May 30, TDA posted to SquareMeals a major release of the CACFP Handbook. This release represents TDA’s next phase in consolidating the four CACFP Handbooks into one. In addition to consolidating Sections 1000, 2000, 4100, 5000, and 7000 and updating already consolidated sections 6000, 8000, and 10000, this release also implements outstanding federal guidance from rulemaking and memos that have only been communicated previously in newsletters, FAQs, webinars, and SquareMeals.
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On May 30, TDA posted to SquareMeals a major release of the CACFP Handbook. This release represents TDA’s next phase in consolidating the four CACFP Handbooks into one. In addition to consolidating Sections 1000, 2000, 4100, 5000, and 7000, this release also accomplishes the following:
• Implementation of outstanding federal guidance from rulemaking and memos that have only been communicated previously in newsletters, FAQs, webinars, and SquareMeals.
• Clarification or correction of guidance based on the most frequent questions TDA receives.
• Initial efforts to rewrite and reorganize content for a better end-user experience
What this release does not yet include:
• All feedback received from our stakeholders. Outstanding feedback is being analyzed, and further updates to these sections and others not included in this release are forthcoming.
• Final reorganization and rewrites. The next release of the handbook will consolidate Section 3000, the rest of Section 4000, and Section 9000. Following that release, additional restructuring of this single handbook will occur as necessary to make the guidance more intuitive.
A summary of all handbook updates is included at the top of each newly released section, and the substantive updates are highlighted in yellow within each section. The following handbook sections were updated in this release:
• Section 1000, Introduction (NEWLY CONSOLIDATED)
• Section 2000, Eligibility and Application Requirements (NEWLY CONSOLIDATED)
• Section 4000 (4100, Meal Service and 4200-, Managing the Program)
o Brand new consolidated Section 4100, Meal Service, implements numerous meal pattern/meal service updates and clarification based on the Dietary Guidelines Final Rule from 2024 and various USDA-issued memos.
o The remaining Section 4000 content remains unchanged/unconsolidated in this release, but the content that is now in Section 4100 has been removed.
• Section 5000, Visits, Reviews, and Audits (NEWLY CONSOLIDATED)
• Section 6000, Civil Rights (Already consolidated – new updates)
• Section 7000, Financial Management (NEWLY CONSOLIDATED)
• Section 8000, Denials, Terminations, and Appeals (Already consolidated – new updates)
• Section 10000, Serious Deficiency (Already consolidated – new updates)
Finally, within the next two weeks, TDA will post an informative presentation that walks through the most substantive changes implemented in this handbook release along with TDA’s plans for updates to the handbook in the future. That presentation will be posted on the Policy/Handbook page, under Policy Updates and News.
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