Child and Adult Care Food Program Day Care Home Expansion Funding
NOTE: The application due date for this program has passed.
Funding Description
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides administrative payments and reimbursement for meals and snacks to Day Care Home (DCH) sponsors. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes additional administrative funds available to DCH sponsors to recruit, train, and enroll DCH providers in the CACFP in low-income or rural areas.Eligibility
Eligible Applicants | Local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations or agencies |
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Required Eligibility Criteria | Applicant must be a public or nonprofit private institution with tax exempt status and must already be a DCH sponsor in the CACFP. At least 12 months must have elapsed since the DCH sponsor received start-up or expansion funds and completed all related requirements (all obligations completed by April 30, 2015). Applicant must have a history of managing funds and on-going program activities, and must demonstrate that proposed new DCH providers are in low income or rural areas. Applicant must have a plan for recruiting and training DCH providers currently not participating in the CACFP. |
Other Eligibility Considerations | Applicants with current Seriously Deficient status are not eligible to apply for or receive funds. Applicant must have no previous history of disqualification from any other USDA-funded program. |
Eligible Grade Level(s) | Not applicable |
Eligible Age Level(s) | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Funding
Legal Authority | Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations sections 226.2, 226.4(e) and (f), 226.6(k)(vi), 226.7(h), and 226.12(b). |
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Source / Type | Federal / Grant |
State Fiscal Year | 2016-17 |
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes | 5360 / 8220 |
Total Available | $195,000 |
Recipient Amount | Maximum of $11,100 per grantee. |
Match Requirement | No |
Allocation Formula | $111 multiplied by the number of proposed new providers to be added to the CACFP, multiplied by one or two months. Maximum number of providers to be added during expansion award period is 50. |
Important Dates
Date Application Available | February 18, 2016 |
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Due Date | May 1, 2016 |
Expected Notification Date | June 1, 2016 |
Additional Information
Application | RFA-16: CACFP Day Care Home Expansion Grant [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/dchexp16rfa.asp] |
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Background | Child and Adult Care Food Program [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/cc/index.asp] |
Fiscal | Unavailable |
Other | Funding amount per home will be adjusted to be consistent with the federal reimbursement rate for Fiscal Year 2016-17. |
Contacts
Program | Monica Ortega, 916-324-0085, mortega@cde.ca.gov |
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Fiscal | Bryan Gee, 916-445-4815, bgee@cde.ca.gov |
Division | Nutrition Services Division, 916-445-0850 (phone), 916-323-1952 (fax) |
Last Modified:
June 21, 2021
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