| What is the Child and Adult Care Food Program? |
What is it and how can it help you? Good nutrition plays a very important role in the health and proper growth of young children. The Child Care Food Program is a federal program funded by your tax dollars, by Congress in response to the need to ensure good nutrition for the children of working parents. The Program helps Licensed and Registered Day Homes provide wholesome and attractive meals that meet children's nutritional needs by offsetting food expenses. As a participant in this program, providers receive a monthly reimbursement check for the meals and snacks served which meet basic nutritional requirements. Are you eligible for benefits? All Registered and Licensed Day Care Home providers who are with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Licensing Division, which care for at least one non-residential child, are eligible to participate in the program. Providers who meet USDA income eligibility standards can also receive reimbursement for meals for their own residential children under the age of 13 years. What reimbursement can you receive? Day Care home providers who prepare and serve meals that meet the program meal pattern requirements may claim a maximum of 2 meals (breakfast, lunch, or supper) and 1 snack, or 1 meal and 2 snacks for each child cared for each day. The current reimbursement rates are: Effective July 1st 2010 Tier I Tier 2 Breakfast 1.19 0.44 Lunch/Supper 2.22 1.34 Snacks 0.66 0.18 |
| Goals The goals of the Child and Adult Care Food Program are: *to improve and maintain the health and nutritional status of children and adults; *promote development of good eating habits; *integrate nutritious food service with organized day care services. |
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