Child and Adult Care Food Program Day Care Home Expansion Funding

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
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, 2014). 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).
Source / Type	Federal / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2015-16
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	April 1, 2015
Due Date	June 8, 2015
Expected Notification Date	July 8, 2015

Additional Information

Application	RFA-15: CACFP Day Care Home Expansion Grant [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r9/dchexp15rfa.asp]
Background	Child Care Component of the CACFP [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/cc/ccc.asp]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Other	Funding amount per home will be adjusted to be consistent with the federal reimbursement rate for Fiscal Year 2015-16.

Contacts

Program	Justin Adelman, 916-323-6631, JAdelman@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Bryan Gee, 916-445-4815, bgee@cde.ca.gov
Division	Nutrition Services Division, 916-445-0850 (phone), 916-323-1952 (fax)