Choices for Children
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
What is the Child Care Food Program?The Child Care Food Program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The primary goal of the Child Care Food Program is to help children receive nutritious meals while introducing them to a variety of different types of food. The exposure of good nutrition at an early age benefits children by promoting healthful eating habits to last throughout their lives.
The program is available to children, 0 through 12 years of age who are in care in a licensed family daycare home, or in-home/licensed exempt (Trustline) family daycare home.
Who is eligible for Choices for Children’s Food Program?
Any licensed or in-home/license exempt (Trustline) family childcare provider is eligible to participate in the Child Care Food Program.
What is needed for a childcare provider to participate?
- Have a current license (by Community Care or Military Licensing) and have daycare child(ren) enrolled
- Serve nutritious meals that meet USDA requirements
- Keep accurate attendance & menu records on a DAILY BASIS
- Be available for 3 monitoring visits per year from CCFP monitoring staff
- Participate in and complete the mandatory annual nutrition training
What are the benefits of the Child Care Food Program?
- Monthly cash reimbursements to the daycare provider for serving meals that meet USDA guidelines (click here to view our current brochure in English, click here to view it in Spanish).
- Information & assistance regarding nutrition, meal planning and program requirements
- Training manual and record- keeping forms
- Option of claiming on-line (click here to preview)
- Monthly newsletter with up-to-date Food Program information, health/nutrition topics and a week’s worth of menus & recipe ideas (click here to view our current monthly newsletter in English, click here to view our current monthly newsletter in Spanish).
- Four Reasons Why it Pays to Join CCFP (click here to find out).
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I. CACFP Forms
Click here for 2011-12 CACFP Income Eligibility Guidelines
Click here for Provider Meal Benefit Form
Click here for Parent Meal Benefit Form
Click here for Medical Statement
Click here for Parent's Form for Declining Participation in CACFP
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II. CACFP Newsletter Archives
November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011
June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011
January 2011
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Contact Us:
In Santa Clara County & San Mateo Counties:
ph: (408) 297-3295, ext 234, 271, or 254
email: lucia@choices4children.org
Join Choices for Children’s Food Program
and
be a part of promoting good nutrition
and good health for California’s children!
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits the discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or political beliefs. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a discrimination complaint, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-@, Whitten building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5694 (voice and TDD)> USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.