CACFP Compliance: How to Take Accurate Point-of-Service Meal Counts

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A CACFP point-of-service meal count is a record, taken while each meal or snack is being served, of every enrolled participant who received a reimbursable meal. Federal rules require centers to keep daily attendance records and time-of-service meal counts by meal type (7 CFR 226.15(e)(4)). Counts reconstructed from attendance or memory may not support reimbursement. […]