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RECORDING AND MAINTAINING MEAL COUNTS
Greater than Three (3) Meal Services Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Meal Counts
Your agency is reimbursed for the number of meals and snacks it serves to CACFP enrolled children each day Meal counts must be recorded daily at the time of each meal or snack service, or immediately after This is called the Time of Service Meal
Count
Greater than 3 Meals Record
Guidance Memorandum #9C: Recordkeeping Requirements for the Child and Adult Care
Food Program
http://dpi.wi.gov/community-nutrition/cacfp/child-care/memos List first and last names of children attending your center in column titled “Name”
Name Week of: Monday Greater Than Three Meals Record Tuesday Name of Center or Classroom: Wednesday Thursday Friday
Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add
Time of Service Meal Count Procedure: Completing Greater Than 3 Meal Counts
Billy Sue Beth Henry Keisha Andrew
Time of Service Meal Count Procedure: Recording Meal Counts Mark the lunch for each child eating on the Greater Than 3 Meals Record
LUNCH: Week of: October 3-7 Monday (October 3) Greater Than Three Meals Record Name of Center or Classroom: 3 year olds Tuesday (October 4) Wednesday (October 5) Name
Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Andrew Smith Beth Hammer Billy Jones Henry Walker Keisha Anderson Sue Walters
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Time of Service Meal Count: Center Environment Common Eating Area Eating in Classrooms
Time of Service Meal Counts Who Will Complete?
Common Eating Area Eating in Classrooms Cook Director Lead Teacher Teachers
Compiling Time of Service Meal Counts: Greater than 3 Meals
• When tallying meal counts for reimbursement, you must first go through each daily meal count record and cross off any meals and snacks that are in excess of two meals and one snack, or two snacks and one meal per child per day
Week of: October 3-7 Monday (October 3) Greater Than Three Meals Record Name of Center or Classroom: 3 year olds Tuesday (October 4) Wednesday (October 5) Name
Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk Andre Smith Beth Hammer Billy Jones Henry Walker Keisha Anderson Sue Walters
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add
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Compiling Greater than 3 Meal Counts
After meals and snacks in excess of two meals and one snack, or two snacks and one meal are crossed off, total each column and record at the bottom of the form Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add Brk AM Lch PM Sup Add
Total Children
3 0 8 8 7 4 2 1 6 7 4 2 4 0 5 8 6 4
Compiling Greater than 3 Meal Counts
Edit checks: 1.
No child is claimed for more than two meals and one snack, or two snacks and one meal per day 2.
Accuracy of all meal counts that will be claimed for reimbursement Have more than one person compile meal counts
Meal Counts Cannot Be…
Based on computerized or manual attendance records
This does not meet the definition of a Time of
Service Meal Count
Meal Counts Cannot Be…
Recorded based on children being present and therefore expected to eat a meal or snack Example: Staff cannot check off meals and snacks they think a child will be eating later on in the day because that child is in attendance that day. Children do unexpectedly leave and/or arrive throughout the day, get sick, decide they do not want to sit and eat a meal, etc.
Adult Meals
Adults may eat meals and snacks with children; however, their meals and snacks cannot be claimed for reimbursement Do not record adult meals and snacks on the Greater than 3 Meals Record
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