CACFP: Homeless/Emergency Shelters

Information and documents for homeless or emergency shelters participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

• CACFP Factsheet for Homeless/Emergency Shelters
• Sponsoring Organizations of Unaffiliated Centers/Ministries

• Infant Meal Pattern
  • Infant Meal Pattern
  • Blank Infant Menu
  • Blank Individual Feeding Record
  • Infant Menu Ideas
  • Feeding Infants Handbook
• Child Meal Pattern
  • Child Meal Pattern
  • Child Meal Pattern (Spanish)
  • Blank Child Menu
  • Child Menu Ideas
  • Grain-Based Desserts
  • Crediting Deli Meat and Other Processed Meat in CACFP
  • USDA’s Food Buying Guide
  • USDA’s Meal Pattern Worksheets
  • Meal Pattern Reference Guide
  • Menu/Recipe Resources
  • Serving Size Cheat Sheet
  • Crediting Handbook
  • Indiana WIC Food List
  • CACFP Standardized Recipe Guide
  • CACFP Menu Documentation
  • Added Sugar Guide
• Civil Rights/Special Dietary Needs
  • Civil Rights Page (training and forms)
• Recordkeeping/Forms
  • Condensed List of Required Records for Homeless/Emergency Shelters
    • Detailed list of Required records for Homeless/Emergency Shelters
  • Attendance Record
  • Meal Participation (Meal Count) Form
  • Milk Inventory Form
  • Milk Calculation
  • Obligation to Serve Infants Form
  • Training Documentation Form
  • Vended Meal Daily Delivery Slip
  • Forms Available in Other Languages
  • Substitution Log
• Resources
  • WIC Information
  • Indiana Food Establishment Sanitation Requirement (Title 410 IAC 7-26)
    • 2025 Food Code Updates
  • Farm to Preschool
  • USDA/ICN Resource Sharing Site
• Sponsoring Organizations of Homeless/Emergency Shelters
  • Monitor Form
  • Sample Monitor Time Log
  • Sample Mileage/Monitor Log
  • Alternate Approval Form

  Unaffiliated Facilities:

  • Permanent Agreement
  • Change of Sponsor Form
  • Serious Deficiency Resources