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Child Nutrition

Serving the nutritional needs of school children and children in daycare, child care centers, and Head Start programs by offering low-cost nutritious breakfasts and lunches during the school day to help establish good eating habits.

Child Nutrition is a federally funded program through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is administered through Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA).  Programs served in the Region 9 area include:

  CACFPSummer Meal ProgramsFDP

  NSLPSBP

                                                   

More information regarding the above programs can be found at www.squaremeals.org or you can click the Texas Department of Agriculture banner.

Region 9 Child Nutrition Specialists provide information, technical assistance, and support for program compliance, nutrition, and management.  Workshops, training and on-site contact with child nutrition directors and staff at the school districts and directors at home daycares, care centers, and Head Start programs are effective methods to ensure programs are safe, efficient and compliant with USDA and TDA regulations. 


 

 

 

West Texas Food Service Coop

WTFSCAll Region 9 school districts have the opportunity to enter into an inter-local agreement for participation in the West Texas Food Service Coop, which grants buying power in both commercial and commodity purchases allowing schools to be fiscally responsible.

Services provided include:

  • Access to multi-regional purchasing pool, resulting in cost savings

  • Commodity processing assistance and training

  • Nutritional information for all food bid items

  • Procurement procedures in compliance with USDA regulations

  • Liaison services between food vendor and district/charter to resolve any concerns/delays


 

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Child Care and Adult Food Program (CACFP)

Quick Links 

News & Information

 

TDA News Page and Updates

TDA CACFP Newsletter (Monthly)

ICN Mealtime Memo (Monthly) 

ICN CACFP Newsletter, iBites 

Training

TDA CACFP Training Page (Includes LIVE recordings)

ICN CACFP Training

USDA CACFP Training Webinars

Training Tools for

Staff Training

USDA CACFP Training Tools

Feeding Infants - Training Tools

USDA Train-the-Trainer Webinars

USDA Food Buying Guide

CACFP Crediting Handbook

Handbooks

USDA CACFP Handbooks

TDA CACFP Handbooks

CACFP Forms

TDA CACFP Forms

Annual Requirements

National Disqualified List (NDL)

Emails

Carol Patterson, Region 9 ESC CN Specialist

Travis Neville, Region 9 ESC CN Specialist

CACFP Applications (TDA BOps email)

CACFP Community Operations (Reviewers)

 

 

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