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New policy brief provides evidence for additional CACFP meal reimbursements for childcare providers

December 12, 2024

By Danielle Lee, Kassandra A Bacon, Lorrene D Ritchie

A new policy brief provides evidence supporting the need for an increase in the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, also known as CACFP, from three to four per child daily.

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NPI awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research program funding to pilot-test a peer navigator intervention for the Child and Adult Care Food Program

December 10, 2024

By Kassandra A Bacon, Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers were awarded funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research program's 2024 call for proposals.

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Nutrition Policy Institute launches new Spanish-language webpages to enhance accessibility for Spanish-speaking communities

December 6, 2024

By Brianna Aguayo Villalon, Danielle Lee

The Nutrition Policy Institute has launched three new Spanish-language web pages, designed to better serve our Spanish-speaking research participants and increase accessibility to and inclusion of the greater Spanish-speaking community.

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Join us today on Giving Tuesday to support the Nutrition Policy Institute Student Fellowship

December 3, 2024

By Danielle Lee

Join us today on Giving Tuesday to support the Nutrition Policy Institute Student Fellowship.

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Research brief highlights challenges faced by Child and Adult Care Food Program sponsors

December 3, 2024

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

A new research brief from the Nutrition Policy Institute, CACFP Roundtable, and University of California, Berkeley highlights the difficulties faced by sponsors of the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, commonly known as CACFP.

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