Child and Adult Care Food Program
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a financial assistance program that promotes good nutrition and healthy eating. As an extension of the National School Lunch Act, CACFP is intended to assist child care facilities with the cost of providing nutritious meals and snacks and improve the quality of nutrition and eating habits of children. This is done by providing reimbursement to qualified caregivers for meals and snacks served to participants.
CCRI provides services as a sponsor of the CACFP for family child care homes and centers. As a sponsor, CCRI will walk the facility through the sign-up process and provide all training for each home or center. The sponsor is responsible for oversight of compliance with state and federal regulations. CCRI provides both live on-site training and online training. CCRI also processes claims for reimbursement and sends the funds.
All homes and centers that participate receive reimbursement for the cost of feeding the children in their care on a monthly basis.
The CACFP Agreements are available for download. Please note: The agreements are only valid when a sponsor has directly trained the facilities’ responsible party concerning the CACFP agreement and documented that training.
Who qualifies for CACFP?
- Licensed family child care homes
- Licensed non-profit centers
- For-profit centers if they can show that 25% of the children enrolled are from a low income home (CCRI provides the required forms to determine if the 25% has been met).
A CACFP team member is available for your questions. Please contact CCRI if you are interested in learning more.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program is a federally funded program that is administered and funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).
Non-Discrimination Policy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or if all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online here. You can also find the form at any USDA office, or you can call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter by mail to. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax to (202)690-7442 or by email to program.intake@usda.gov.
