Child and Adult Care Food Program
Where Healthy Eating Becomes a Habit!
See schedule of 2010 MANDATORY TRAININGS
CACFP INCOME WEEKEND NEWSLETTER SUBSTITUTE
MANUAL ELIGIBILITY CLAIM FORM SPRING 2010 CAREGIVER FORM
The C.A.C.F.P.
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Began in 1968 as an extension of the National School
Lunch Program -
Is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Is administered by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE)
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Each day, 2.9 million children receive nutritious meals and snacks through CACFP. (USDA website)
- Millions of family child care home business providers are reimbursed for serving nutritious meals and snacks to children in their care.
- Family child care home business providers have access to training on Nutrition and related topics.
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- A family child care home business provider must sign an agreement with
a sponsoring organization to participate in C.A.C.F.P.
- Child Care Connection is a sponsor of the C.A.C.F.P.
- Family child care home business providers must be certified or alternately approved to provide day care services.
- The level of reimbursement for meals served to enrolled children in
day care homes is determined by economic need, based on either
- the location of the day care home, or
- the household income of the day care home provider, or
- the household income of each enrolled child.
- Meals served to the day care home provider’s own children are reimbursable only if those children are determined eligible for free and reduced price meals. (USDA/CACFP website)
- Download Current CACFP Manual
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CACFP Newsletter- Spring 2010 Winter 2010 Fall 2009 Summer 2009
Child Care Connection does not endorse, rate, recommend or evaluate child care resources, programs, or providers and therefore, Child Care Connection does not assume, warrant, or guarantee quality care. Any information about a caregiver/provider has been provided solely by that caregiver/provider.
