These training resources help Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) operators use ounce equivalents to determine the amount of grains for meals and snacks.
Training Worksheets
- Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP (i.e., the Grains Measuring Chart)
- Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP
- Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP
- Calculating Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP
Presentation Slides with Notes
- Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP
- Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP
Digital Tools
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs: Exhibit A Grains Tool
Recorded Webinars
- CACFP Trainers’ Circle: Training Program Operators to Use Grains Ounce Equivalents
- In-Grained: Easy Tools to Determine Serving Amounts
- Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP
- Exhibit A Grains Tool to the Rescue!
- How to Maximize the Exhibit A Grains Tool
- Grains Ounce Equivalents Tools for CACFP Operators
Policy Documents
- Nationwide Waiver to Allow Specific Meal Pattern Flexibility in the CACFP for SY 2021-2022
- Delayed Implementation of Grains Ounce Equivalents in the CACFP
- CACFP: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Final Rule
- CACFP 09-2018: Grain Requirements in the CACFP: Questions and Answers