Discover the Difference with NDC!
Here are just a few of our program benefits:
Fast and Friendly Services
The NDC staff is committed to serving child care providers wherever the location of their day care. NDC serves hundreds of providers in North Dakota through a central office in Minot, as well as Area Representatives around the state. Our professional staff has many years of experience in child care, nutrition, and the USDA FoodCare Program. Access is only a phone call away and a ND toll free number is available to all providers for courteous, fast, and reliable service.
Timely Reimbursement
NDC offers an option for direct deposit of meal reimbursements to provide prompt efficient payments to child care providers.
 Program Materials
Our FoodCare Provider Manual has all the information a child care provider needs to easily understand the FoodCare program requirements. A complimentary copy is supplied to participants enrolled in the program. NDC also supplies all the necessary forms to make participation easy and convenient. The program is funded by the USDA so there are no fees to participate!
Free Training
NDC offers free training to child care providers enrolled with us. Interactive workshops as well as learn-at-home lessons are available for credit hours towards child care license requirements. An added bonus for NDC child care providers is access to our “Healthy Helpings” collection. Click on Provider Training for more information.
 Menus and Recipes to Help Children Grow & Glow
All NDC providers receive a complimentary copy of our Grow & Glow with NDC’s Collection for Kids! Menu planning and preparation becomes so easy with this special collection for kids. The collection features five weeks of nutritious menus and kid friendly recipes. There’s also easy menu templates and menu planning tips to help plan nutritious meals. Best of all the menus are time saving while incorporating recommendations for a healthy eating plan from the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Click here for a sample of recipes from our collection.
  Newsletters
Child care providers look forward to receiving The NDC Connection newsletter which features FoodCare program updates, provider questions and answers, nutrition news, food safety tips, and fun creative recipes. Child care providers and their children especially enjoy the “Kids Connections” section which features food and fun learning activities. Click here for one of our past Kids Connections' sections.
Providers and parents are partners in fostering healthy eating habits in children. NDC providers receive our complementary Healthy Helpings newsletter to share with the parents of their day care children. Filled with family friendly tips and recipes it's perfect for any family on-the-go! Click here to print a recent issue.
Children’s Nutrition Activities
Good examples have twice the value of good advice when it comes to helping children learn to eat well! NDC assists child care providers in working with children to teach them about foods, nutrition, food safety, and eating well. Click here to view a few of our complimentary materials given to NDC providers.
Child Size Utensil Sets
NDC recognizes the importance of serving foods family style to children and is a strong advocate of “child care providers provide and children decide”. Each child care provider receives a child size pitcher and utensils that set the table for great eating! As one of our child care providers told us after implementing family style meal service, “whoever thought such a little change would make such a big difference – the kids in my care have learned to pass food, be polite with a please and thank you, eat so much better, and best of all waste less food”!
Nutrition Information
When children’s eating problems occur or you simply have a nutrition question, NDC’s licensed registered dietitian will assist NDC providers. With many years of clinical nutrition experience, her expertise can assist you in understanding children’s nutrition needs and referring child care providers to reliable nutrition information or services.
Lending Library
NDC’s lending library is available for NDC providers and may have just the book or resource you need. Filled with children’s stories, cookbooks, and resources galore, NDC providers can request to use the materials at no charge. The lending library also has Color Me Healthy curriculums, an award winning preschool curriculum that provides interactive learning activities on physical activity and healthy eating. Click here to browse our selection of resources and to request materials.
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