Admission is open to all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

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Our program operates according to Child and Adult Care Food Program of the United States Department of Agriculture. All the information below is taken from the Food and Nutrition Service website of the US Department of Agriculture. Feel free to go directly to the website:

 

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/why-cacfp-important 

 

 

 

Participant Eligibility and Program Benefits

 

CACFP serves nutritious meals and snacks to children and adults who attend eligible day care programs.

 

Eligible Population

 

Section 226.2 of the regulations describes who may receive CACFP meal benefits. Children means:

 

• Persons age 12 and under

• Persons age 15 and under who are children of migrant workers

• Persons of any age who have one or more disabilities, as determined by the State, and who are enrolled in an institution or child care facility serving a majority of persons who are age 18 and under

• For emergency shelters, persons age 18 and under

• For at-risk afterschool care centers, persons age 18 and under at the start of the school year

 

Providers' own children are eligible only in tier I day care homes, when other nonresidential children are enrolled in the day care home and are participating in the meal service. 

 

The adult component of CACFP is targeted to individuals who remain in the community and reside with family members. Individuals who reside in institutions are not eligible for CACFP benefits. Adult participant means:

 

• Person enrolled in an adult day care center who is functionally impaired ... or 60 years of age or older .

 

Determining Eligibility

 

In centers, participants from households with incomes at or below 130 percent of poverty are eligible for free meals. Participants in centers with household incomes between 130 percent and 185 percent of poverty are eligible for meals at a reduced price. Institutions must determine each enrolled participant's eligibility for free and reduced price meals served in centers.

 

Sponsoring organizations of day care homes must determine which day care homes are eligible for tier I rates and, if requested, which children are eligible to receive meals reimbursed at tier I rates in tier II day care homes.

A participant's eligibility for free and reduced price meals in centers or for tier I meals in day care homes, may be established by submission of an income eligibility statement, which provides information about family size and income. The information submitted by each household is compared with USDA's Income Eligibility Guidelines.

 

• Children whose families receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or State programs funded through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) are categorically eligible for free meals. 

• Children who are participants of Head Start or Even Start programs are automatically eligible for free meals, without further application or eligibility determination.

• Foster children, who are the responsibility of the State or placed by the court, and children who are experiencing homelessness, are also automatically eligible for free meals. 

• Adults who receive food stamps, FDPIR, Social Security Income (SSI), or Medicaid benefits are categorically eligible for free meals.