DAY CARE HOME PROVIDER

If you provide day care in your home you may be eligible for CACFP meal reimbursement.

Who gets CACFP meals and snacks?

Children age 12 and younger

Migrant children 15 and younger

Persons with disabilities regardless of their age

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What meals can be reimbursed?

Day Care Homes are paid reimbursement for planning and serving meals that follow the CACFP meal pattern guidelines. These facilities may request approval for breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks (morning, afternoon and evening). Currently, USDA rules allow reimbursement to be paid for up to two meals and one snack or one meal and two snacks per child per day.

Outside school hours care centers may claim breakfasts and snacks. Lunches served to schoolchildren in these centers may be claimed only when school is not in session such as on weekends, holidays or school vacations. Outside school hours care centers serving only snacks may wish to participate in the "At-Risk" After school Snack Program, if eligible.

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How much reimbursement will I receive?

Reimbursement to day care homes is dependent on the location of the provider's home or the provider's household income, or the eligibility category of a child's family. Higher payments (tier 1) are paid to homes in low-income areas and to low-income providers.  

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CACFP Meal Pattern
(This chart lists the amounts and types of food to be served to participants of the CACFP).