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Program Overview

CACFP, CACFP Sponsor in Texas, Child Adult Care Food Program, Child Adult Care Sponsor

What is CACFP?

CACFP is the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a USDA program that provides healthy meals and snacks to children and adults receiving day care. Each day more than 2.6 million children and almost 60,000 older adults participate in CACFP. Through CACFP, participants' nutritional needs are supported on a daily basis.
The program plays a vital role in improving the quality of day care and making it more affordable for many low-income families. In addition to day care, CACFP helps make afterschool programs more appealing to at-risk youth. By offering nutritious snacks in programs serving low-income areas, centers can increase participation and know that youth are having a healthy snack. Homeless children and children from temporarily displaced families can also receive up to three meals each day through shelters that operate the program.


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How does the Food Program work for you?

CACFP reimburses participating centers and day care homes for serving nutritious meals. It is administered at the Federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The State education or health department administers CACFP in most States. State agencies approve sponsoring organizationsand independent centers to operate the program on the local level. The State also monitors the program and provides guidanceand assistance to ensure requirements are met. Sponsoring organizations play a critical role in supporting home day care providers and centers through training, technical assistance, and monitoring. All family or group day care homes must come into the program under a sponsoring organization. Several types of
organizations are approved by the States to serve as sponsors -- community action groups, nonprofit organizations, and churches.

What Can You Serve?
Lot's of things you already feed your children.

We help you create menu's that are approved by the USDA. In addition we provide one on one training on the food program and yearly nutrition training that will go to your required training hours. To see a listing of the approved items click on the links below:

Meats and Meat Alternates

Vegetables and Fruits

Grains and Breads

Milk

All of these food items can help you create thousands of meal and snack combinations. Your kids will never know that they are getting healthy meals and snacks. In addition, our web applications help make sure you create meals that are allowed by the food program.

The U.S Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases 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 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 at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or 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 to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.
Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339; or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish).
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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