Child Care Food Program Medical Statement For Meal Modifications

The attached guide accommodating children with disabilities in the school meal programs provides additional guidance on how the broader vision of the ada can be.

Child care food program medical statement for meal modifications.

Note the usda requires that the medical statement includes. Department of agriculture s usda cacfp child care facilities which include child care centers at risk afterschool care centers emergency shelters and family day care homes. Available translations of the medical statement to request special meals and or accommodations for child nutrition programs dated aug 2017 request for fluid milk substitution pdf. On april 25 2016 usda s food and nutrition service fns published the final rule child and adult care food program.

When substitutions are made and the meal pattern is not met a medical statement is required and must be signed by a physician physician s assistant pa or nurse practitioner arnp. 1 information about the child s physical or mental impairment that is sufficient to allow the cacfp facility to understand how the impairment restricts the child s diet. Medical statement for meal modifications in cacfp child care programs. For guidance on meal modifications and instructions for completing this form see the connecticut state department of education s csde guidance and instructions.

When substitutions are made and the meal pattern is not met a medical statement is required and must be signed by a physician physician s assistant pa or nurse practitioner arnp. 2 an explanation of. Description of the child s physical or mental impairment that restricts diet. 1 information about the child s physical or mental impairment that is sufficient to allow the cacfp facility to understand how the impairment restricts the child s diet.

Please return this completed form to the child care center. Meal pattern revisions related to the healthy hunger free kids act this final rule amended cacfp regulations at 7 cfr 226 20 to update the meal pattern requirements. The central concern for school food authorities sfas should be working collaboratively with families to ensure equal access to program benefits for children with disabilities. Medical statement for meal modifications docx 364 kb.

Cacfp daily meal count adult day care centers xlsx 39 kb monthly meal count summary at risk afterschool docx 19 kb monthly meal count summary children docx 104 kb monthly meal count summary sponsoring organizations docx 57 kb medical statement. Note the usda requires that the medical statement includes. In this situation the medical statement must include the following. Please return this completed form to the child care center.

Modifications outside of the meal pattern when substitutions are made and the meal pattern is not met a medical statement is required. The connecticut state department of education s csde medical statement for meal modifications in cacfp child care programs applies to requests for meal modifications for children participating in the u s. If you have any questions please contact the facility. Child nutrition program cnp 925 this form is used by parents guardians to have a medical authority prescribe special meals or accommodations during meals.

For guidance on meal modifications and instructions for completing this form see the connecticut state department of education s csde document guidance and instructions.