The Child and Adult Care Food Program

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The Child and Adult Care Food Program
Feeding Infants in the CACFP

• playing a vital and integral role in improving
  the overall quality of care and daily nutritional
  health of participants

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Do I Have to Feed Infants?
Its a matter of civil rights.
WHY?

• YES!

Or else
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Documentation

• Document infant meals
• Infant Formula and Food Notification Form
• Itemized receipts or invoices
• Feeding records either
• Infant menu (show all foods actually served)
• Individual feeding records
• Point-of-service meal counts
• Count each meal on the point-of-service form
  after each infant has been fed all components

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Infant Formula and Food Notification Form
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Form Changes
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Do I Have to Buy Infant Formula?

• YES!

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Do I Have to Buy Infant Food?

• Absolutely!

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What do I buy?
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Infant Formula

• Almost any brand will do

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Infant Formula 0 through 11 months
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Infant Foods

• Any brand packaged baby food
• Homemade purees

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Non-Creditable Infant Foods
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Simple Rules to Follow
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Infant Feeding Formula

• Buy, stock and offer at least one approved
  formula
• Get a signed Infant Formula and Food Notification
  Form for every infant
• Do not claim an infant meal if parent provides
  formula without IFFN on file
• Serve all infants (through 11 months) formula or
  breast milk
• Feed on demand
• Use meal pattern as a guide for amounts
• Transition to whole cows milk at 12-13 months

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Infants 0 through 3 months
ONLY Formula or breast milk on demand
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Breast Feeding

• Breast feeding
• Claim meal if parent brings breast milk and you
  serve it
• Do not claim if mother breast feeds on-site
• Unless you provide at least one other component

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Infants 4 through 11 months
May introduced to solid foods to developmentally
ready infants
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Infant Feeding Foods

• Buy, stock and offer at least one approved
  formula
• Buy, stock and offer creditable infant foods
• Get a signed Infant Formula and Food Notification
  Form for every infant
• May not claim an infant meal if parent provides
  formula without IFFN on file
• In most circumstances, if parent provides food
  with IFFN on file, the center may not claim
  infants meal.
• Serve all infants (4 through 11 months) center
  provided food when developmentally ready
• Use meal pattern as a guide amounts
• Feed infants on demand

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Infant Feeding Foods

• Parents may choose to bring some or all meal
  components
• Do not solicit parents to bring food
• Discourage parents from bringing food
• Center must provide the minimum portion of at
  least one meal component in order to claim the
  meal

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Infant Feeding Foods

• Follow the meal pattern
• Work with parents
• Explain CACFP meal pattern
• Discuss development readiness
• Coordinate to introduce foods at the same time

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Infant Feeding Foods

• Introducing table foods
• Only when infant is developmentally ready
• You must follow infant meal pattern
• Infant cereal is required at breakfast and
  optional at lunch
• Only bread and/or crackers are creditable at
  snack
• Combination foods not creditable
• Spaghetti, Casseroles, etc.

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CACFP Required Meal Pattern
Meal Component Min. Serving Size Min. Serving Size Min. Serving Size
Meal Component 0-3 mo. 4-7 mo. 8-11 mo.
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Breast Milk or Formula 4-6 fl. oz. 4-8 fl. oz. 6-8 fl. oz.
Fruit/Vegetable X X 1-4 tbsp.
Infant Cereal X 0-3 tbsp. 2-4 tbsp.
Lunch/Supper Lunch/Supper Lunch/Supper Lunch/Supper
Breast Milk or Formula 4-6 fl. oz. 4-8 fl. oz. 6-8 fl. oz.
Fruit/Vegetable X 0-3 tbsp. 1-4 tbsp.
Infant Cereal X 0-3 tbsp. 2-4 tbsp.
Meat/Alternate Meat, Poultry, Fish, Egg Yolk, Cooked Dry Beans/Peas Cheese Cottage Cheese X X 1-4 tbsp. ½-2 oz. 1-4 oz.
PM Snack PM Snack PM Snack PM Snack
Breast Milk or Formula 4-6 fl. oz. 4-8 fl. oz. 2-4 fl. oz.
(or) Juice Not needed if breast milk or formula is served X X 2-4 fl. oz.
Bread/Cracker X X 0-½ slice, or 0-2 crackers
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Infants 0 through 3 months
Only a USDA approved infant formula or breast
milk may be provided to infants.
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Infants 4 through 7 months
Foods that may be introduced

• Iron-fortified infant cereal
• Fruits and vegetables
• Homemade purees
• Jarred/packaged baby food

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Infants 8 through 11 months
Foods that may be continued or introduced

• Iron-fortified infant cereal
• Fruits and vegetables
• Meats / meat alternates
• Bread and/or crackers
• 100 juice
• Meats must be single ingredient

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Questions