Child and Adult Care Food Program

Funding Description

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a state and federally funded program that provides funding to licensed child care centers, adult day care centers, and organizations that sponsor day care homes to ensure participants receive nutritionally adequate meals and snacks while in care. Funding is also available for meals and snacks at emergency shelters and afterschool programs.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations or agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit agencies; agencies licensed or approved to provide nonresidential day care to children or chronically impaired adults. Public or private nonprofit emergency shelters may also be eligible for subsidy.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Each program component serves a different population or age group. At-risk afterschool programs must be located in a low income area.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult

Funding

Legal Authority	Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 226 and 245; California Education Code sections 49550, 49531; Budget Act Items 6110-201-0890(2), 6110-202-0001, 6110-203-0001
Source / Type	State, Federal / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2014-15
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	5320 / 8220
Total Available	$637,832,000
Recipient Amount	See allocation formula
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Agencies are reimbursed for the number and types of meals served according to the participant's household eligibility for free, reduced-price, or base rate meals. In addition to $635,796,000 million in federal funds, $2,036,000 million in state funds are available for child care agencies. Current rates are available on the Rates page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/rs/index.asp.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	October 1, 2014
Due Date	Applications or other data may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year.
Expected Notification Date	December 31, 2015

Additional Information

Application	2014-15 CACFP RFA  [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/cacfp14rfa.asp]
Background	How to Apply to the CACFP [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/cc/howtoapply.asp]
Fiscal	Child and Adult Care Food Program [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/nt/cacfp.asp]
Other	More program information is available on the U.S. Department of Agriculture CACFP Web page at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/child-and-adult-care-food-program.

Contacts

Program	Nancy Charpentier, Office Technician, 916-327-2991, ncharpentier@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Justin Studevan, 916-322-8304, jstudevan@cde.ca.gov
Division	Nutrition Services Division, 800-952-5609 (phone), 916-327-2753 (fax)