2026 Annual CACFP & Civil Rights Training

This course provides a review of required annual training topics for all staff at child care centers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) directly with Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). Topics include meal patterns, meal counts & attendance, Civil Rights, claim submission & claim review procedures, recordkeeping requirements, and the CACFP reimbursement system.

Format: Self-paced online
Duration: 2 hours
Audience: Sponsor-level and site-level staff at CACFP participating child care centers, both independent centers (single site sponsors) and multi-site sponsors of child care centers, including newly hired staff and volunteers. This course is NOT for child care centers and family child care providers participating in CACFP with Providers Choice.

Early care & education professionals in Minnesota are eligible to earn 2 hours of Develop/Achieve credit upon successful completion of this course.

• Develop Course ID: 227306
• KCF Area VII.C: Providing Healthy Nutrition
• CDA Content Area I: Planning a safe, healthy learning environment