Implementation Guide: Linking FFN Caregivers to the CACFP Program

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This implementation guide is intended to be used by public leaders at the state level responsible for child care and food program administration and by community organizations and advocates working on behalf of vulnerable children and families. The guide offers a pathway toward realizing the goal of family, friend and neighbor (FFN) caregiver participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which may include addressing a myriad of structural barriers and policy omissions.

Offered as a companion piece to the Cook County Illinois Case Study of Success: Family, Friend and Neighbor Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, this six-step guide is based on lessons learned over more than a decade of program implementation.

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