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Programs
This document is intended to clearly identify meal standards across the following programs: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program/School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP), Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS), and Licensing Regulations. Information for each of the following categories is broken down by age: How many meals per day?; What type of food is served and what meals can be claimed (AM, PM, and snack)? The document also includes program-specific information about the following: What documentation is required?; How often does compliance monitoring happen? What training opportunities are available for support?
The document is separated by program, communicating the standards for each. Where there are similarities between program requirements, a gray box will overlap columns. All programs are hyperlinked in the title of each section.
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CACFP
(for all licensed family child care homes, licensed non-profit child care centers, and some licensed, for-profit chlid care centers, see brochure)		National School Lunch/Breakfast Program
(for programs operated within a school district setting)		Head Start/Early Head Start (for all providers that are part of Early Head Start/Head Start programming)Colorado Licensing Regulations
(Centers)｜(Homes)
(for all licensed family child care homes, licensed child care centers, and licensed preschools)
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The CDEC Quality Nutrition Workgroup is an inter-agency collaborative project with a goal of expanding access to quality nutrition for underserved or vulnerable children in the early childhood care and education system (Colorado Shines Brighter Strategy 2.2.1). The group includes representatives from:
•Child and Adult Care Food Program - CDPHE
•Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC)
•School Nutrition Unit and P-3 Office - CDE
•Grand Beginnings Early Childhood Council
•Tri-County Health Department
•And other quality nutrition advocates
The workgroup began meeting in early 2020 on a bi-weekly basis while also working asynchronously in between virtual meetings. Meetings are expected to continue ongoing.
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This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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This publication is supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0054, from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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This tab crosswalks the meal standards for the child nutrition programs available to early care and learning providers (birth through five).This tab includes training and support offered regarding meal standards for the differing programs. Additional resources related to child nutrition programs and quality nutrition are included here as well.
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