Provider Meal Times & Places
To be reimbursed, meals must be served at the approved site (your home) and during the hours and days agreed upon in the program application (FDCH Application). Picnics (off-site meals) must be pre-approved through the office. The different meal types are expected to be served within the approximate times shown below.
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Approximate meal times:
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- Breakfast
- Morning Snack
- Lunch
- Afternoon Snack
- Dinner
- Evening Snack
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- 6:30 am – 9:30 am
- 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
- 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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At least two hours must lapse between beginning times of meals or snacks for the same group of children. The FDCH application must be updated when a provider finds it necessary to change meal service times.
Ages 1 – 12
Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains (Spanish)
Crediting Foods in CACFP
Meal Pattern Requirements (English)
Meal Pattern Requirements (Spanish)
Menus (English)
Menus (Spanish)
Coming Soon
Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains (English)
Infant
Infant Meal Pattern Infant (English)
Infant Meal Pattern Requirements (Spanish)
Infant Cycle Menus
Infant Feeding Guide
