Child and Adult Care Food Program Day Care Home Expansion Funds

NOTE: The application due date for this program has passed.

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
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 twelve months must have elapsed since the DCH sponsor received expansion funds. 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	No previous history of disqualification from any other USDA funded program may exist.
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).
Source / Type	Federal / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2011-12
SACS Resource/ Revenue Codes	5360 / 8220
Total Available	$195,000
Recipient Amount	Varies
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Recipient amount is for each provider a DCH sponsor proposes to add to the CACFP, with a maximum of 50 new providers. DCH sponsors can request payments for either one month or two months of administrative expenses. Therefore, the maximum award to a DCH sponsor is $5,300 for one month, or $10,600 for two consecutive months (50 providers X $106 X either one or two months).

Important Dates

Date Application Available	July 26, 2011
Due Date	August 24, 2011
Expected Notification Date	September 24, 2011

Additional Information

Application	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/dchexp11rfa.asp
Background	http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/cc/ccc.asp
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/dchexp11result.asp
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Michael Smith Phone : 916-323-5755 E-mail : msmith@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Victoria Kielborn Phone : 916-322-2483 E-mail : vkieborn@cde.ca.gov
Division	Nutrition Services Division Phone : 916-445-0850 Fax : 916-323-1952