What is CACFP? Child Care Centers: licensed or approved public or private nonprofit child CACFP is the Child and Adult Care Food Who is eligible for CACFP meals? care centers, Head Start programs, and Program, a Federal program that provides some for-profit centers serve meals to Children age 12 and under. reimbursement for healthy meals and large numbers of low-income children. Migrant children age 15 and snacks served to children and adults in younger. day care settings. Family Child Care Homes: small groups Youths through age 18 in of children receive nonresidential child In Missouri, each day, more than 52,000 afterschool programs. care in licensed or registered private children and older adults participate in Functionally impaired adult homes. CACFP. CACFP helps families meet the participants or adults age 60 or nutritional needs of their dependent older enrolled in an adult day care Afterschool Care Programs: centers in children and vulnerable adults. In center. low-income areas provide free snacks to addition, CACFP plays a vital role in school aged children and youth. What kinds of meals are served? improving the quality of child or adult care Homeless Shelters: emergency shelters and making it affordable for many Breakfast consists of a serving of provide residential and food services to income families. milk, fruit or vegetable and grain. homeless children. and dinner require milk, grain, In addition to child care, CACFP helps meat or meat alternate, fruit and Adult Day Care Centers: public, private make afterschool programs more vegetable. nonprofit, and some for-profit adult day appealing to at-risk youth. By offering Snacks include two of the five meal care facilities provide structured, nutritious and tasty snacks and suppers in components: milk, fruit, vegetable, comprehensive services to functionally programs serving low areas, grain or meat/meat alternate. impaired, nonresident adults. centers can increase participation and know that youth are getting a healthy Which facilities can participate? meal. Many different facilities operate CACFP, How does CACFP work? Homeless children and children from all sharing the common goal of bringing CACFP reimburses participating centers temporarily displaced families can also nutritious meals and snacks to and child care homes for serving nutritious receive up to three meals each day participants. meals. CACFP is administered at the through shelters that operate the program. federal level by the Food and Nutrition
What is CACFP? CACFP is the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a Federal program that provides reimbursement for healthy meals and snacks served to children and adults in day care settings. In Missouri, each day, more than 52,000 children and older adults participate in CACFP. CACFP helps families meet the nutritional needs of their dependent children and vulnerable adults. In addition, CACFP plays a vital role in improving the quality of child or adult care and making it affordable for many families. In addition to child care, CACFP helps make afterschool programs more appealing to at-risk youth. By offering nutritious and tasty snacks and suppers in programs serving low income areas, centers can increase participation and know that youth are getting a healthy meal. Homeless children and children from temporarily displaced families can also receive up to three meals each day through shelters that operate the program. Who is eligible for CACFP meals? Children age 12 and under. Migrant children age 15 and younger. Youths through age 18 in afterschool programs. Functionally impaired adult participants or adults age 60 or older enrolled in an adult day care center. What kinds of meals are served? Breakfast consists of a serving of milk, fruit or vegetable and grain. and dinner require milk, grain, meat or meat alternate, fruit and vegetable. Snacks include two of the five meal components: milk, fruit, vegetable, grain or meat/meat alternate. Which facilities can participate? Many different facilities operate CACFP, all sharing the common goal of bringing nutritious meals and snacks to participants. Child Care Centers: licensed or approved public or private nonprofit child care centers, Head Start programs, and some for-profit centers serve meals to large numbers of low-income children. Family Child Care Homes: small groups of children receive nonresidential child care in licensed or registered private homes. Afterschool Care Programs: centers in low-income areas provide free snacks to school aged children and youth. Homeless Shelters: emergency shelters provide residential and food services to homeless children. Adult Day Care Centers: public, private nonprofit, and some for-profit adult day care facilities provide structured, comprehensive services to functionally impaired, nonresident adults. How does CACFP work? CACFP reimburses participating centers and child care homes for serving nutritious meals. CACFP is administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition
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