Training

NEW! Free Online Lessons at www.mocacfp.com

This website is an on-line education portal for child and adult care providers who take part in the Missouri Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The free lessons in the portal focus on key topics you need to know about in order to obtain proper reimbursement from the Missouri CACFP. All registered users will have access to the full catalog of available lessons. Click here for the MOCACFP brochure.
For instructions on how to sign in to MOCACFP, click here.

Civil Rights Training (Required annually for Sponsors and Staff)

Reservations are required for the classes listed below due to limited space. Click here to register for training.

Classes are intended for child care and adult day care providers who have contracts with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services or have submitted a program application to participate in the CACFP.

Topics:

Child Care Center Orientation – For child care centers only. Overview of how to operate the food program and manage CACFP paperwork in your child care center. Attendance required for new child care centers before application is approved.

Infant Feeding – Covers the requirements of the CACFP policy on claiming infant meals, supporting breastfeeding, choosing infant formula, and other infant feeding topics.

Be a Missouri Eat Smart Child Care – Learn about actions child care providers can do to provide nutritious meals and a healthy nutrition environment.  Review the Missouri Eat Smart Guidelines for Child Care and what actions providers can take to be eligible to receive recognition as an Eat Smart Child Care.  The training also includes information about why implementing the Guidelines is important and the recognition and benefits facilities will receive for meeting the Guidelines.

Locations:

Child Care Center Orientation (Approved for 2 Child Care Clock Hours)
Please be aware that trainings are subject to cancellation due to lack of attendance. If you have registered for the class, you will be notified.

St. Louis	Springfield	Independence	Cape Girardeau	Jefferson City
Time: 9:30 am thru 3:00 pm	Time: 9:30 am thru 3:00 pm	Time: 8:15 am thru 2:00 pm	Time: 9:30 am thru 1:30 pm	Time: 9:00 am thru 2:00 pm
January 23, 2013	January 4, 2013	January 10, 2013	January 11, 2013	January 9, 2013
February 21, 2013		February 20, 2013	February 8, 2013	February 12, 2013
March 21, 2013	March 14, 2013	March 13, 2013	March 8, 2013	March 14, 2013
April 18, 2013	April 5, 2013	April 17, 2013	April 12, 2013	April 17, 2013
May 9, 2013	May 3, 2013	May 13, 2013	May 24, 2013	May 14, 2013
June 13, 2013	TBA			June 13, 2013
July 18, 2013	July 18, 2013	July 17, 2013	July 19, 2013	July 10, 2013
August 16, 2013	August 23, 2013	August 14, 2013	August 16, 2013	August 7, 2013
September 19, 2013	September 10, 2013	September 18, 2013	September 20, 2013	September 18, 2013
October 17, 2013	October 8, 2013	October 9, 2013	October 18, 2013	October 17, 2013
November 14, 2013	November 12, 2013	November 6, 2013	November 15, 2013	November 15, 2013
December 12, 2013	December 3, 2013	December 11, 2013	December 13, 2013	December 10, 2013

 

Infant Feeding (Approved for 2 Child Care Clock Hours)
Please be aware that trainings are subject to cancellation due to lack of attendance. If you have registered for the class, you will be notified.

St. Louis	Springfield	Independence	Cape Girardeau	Jefferson City
Time: 9:00 am thru 1:00 pm	Time: 9:00 am thru 12:00 pm	Time: 2:00 pm thru 4:00 pm	Time: 2:00 pm thru 4:00 pm	Time: 2:00 pm thru 4:00 pm
January 25, 2013		Same dates as Orientation	Same dates as Orientation	Same dates as Orientation
	March 11, 2013
May 23, 2013	May 17, 2013
	August 16, 2013
	November 1, 2013

 

Be a Missouri Eat Smart Child Care (Approved for 4 Child Care Clock Hours)
Please be aware that trainings are subject to cancellation due to lack of attendance. If you have registered for the class, you will be notified.

St. Louis	Springfield	Independence	Independence	Cape Girardeau	Jefferson City
Time: 9:00 am thru 1:00 pm	Time: 9:00 am thru 1:00 pm	Time: 8:15 am thru 12:30 pm	Time: 11:45 pm thru 4:00 pm	Time: 9:00 am thru 3:00 pm	Time: 9:00 am thru 1:00 pm
January 10, 2013	January 2, 2013		January 9, 2013		January 29, 2013
		February 21, 2013			February 9, 2013
March 8, 2013	March 8, 2013	March 14, 2013			March 19, 2013
	April 18, 2013		April 18, 2013	April 5, 2013	May 3, 2013
	May 10, 2013	May 14, 2013		May 17, 2013	May 4, 2013
June 6, 2013					June 12, 2013
	July 19, 2013	July 18, 2013			July 18, 2013
August 9, 2013	August 9, 2013		August 13, 2013	August 9, 2013	August 16, 2013
	September 13, 2013	September 19, 2013			September 26, 2013
	October 11, 2013	October 19, 2013			October 9, 2013
November 8, 2013	November 8, 2013		November 5, 2013	November 8, 2013	November 14, 2013
	December 6, 2013	December 12, 2013			December 11, 2013

Dates with ( * ) will be held at the times with ( * ).
Click here to register for training.

Orientation and Eat Smart classes in St. Louis are held at:
Eastern District DHSS Office
220 S. Jefferson
St. Louis, MO 63103

Orientation classes in Springfield are held at:
Brentwood Library
2214 Brentwood Blvd
Springfield, MO 65804 

Other classes EXCEPT EVENING in Springfield are held at:
Southwestern District DHSS Office
149 Park Central Square Suite 116
Springfield, MO 65806

Evening classes in Springfield are held at:
Campbell United Methodist Church
1747 E. Republic Rd
Springfield, MO 65804

Orientation and Eat Smart classes in Independence are held at:
Northwestern District DHSS Office
3717 S. Whitney Avenue
Independence, MO 64055

Orientation classes in Cape Girardeau are held at:
Cape Girardeau Public Library
711 N. Clark Street
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Eat Smart classes in Cape Girardeau are held at:
2nd floor conference room
338 Broadway, Suite 200
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Orientation and Eat Smart classes in Jefferson City are held at:
Department of Health and Senior Services
930 Wildwood
Jefferson City, MO 65109