Child and Adult Care Food Program Day Care Home Expansion Funds, Round Two

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 United States 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. Applicants with Serious Deficiencies are not eligible.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Applicant may have no previous history of disqualification from any other USDA funded program. Applicant may not be classified as Seriously Deficient (SD).
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, maximum award being $10,600
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Recipient amount is $106 for each provider a DCH sponsor proposes to add to the CACFP, with a maximum of 50 new providers. Award is for a minimum of one month and maximum of two months. The minimum award is $106 and maximum award is $10,600 (multiply $106 by the maximum number of proposed providers to be added to the CACFP being 50, multiplied by a maximum of two months).

Important Dates

Date Application Available	December 1, 2011
Due Date	December 30, 2011
Expected Notification Date	January 31, 2012

Additional Information

Application	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/dchexp11rfa2.asp
Background	http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/cc/ccc.asp
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/dchexp11result2.asp
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Jeanette Cosentino Phone : 916-324-6395 E-mail : jcosentino@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Bryan Gee Phone : 916-445-4815 E-mail : bgee@cde.ca.gov
Division	Nutrition Services Division Phone : 916-445-0850 Fax : 916-323-1952