— Participating family child care provider
Program
Child and Adult Care Food Program
We help family child care homes serve nutritious meals by sponsoring the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Supporting Providers and Improving Child Nutrition
Early Years sponsors the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for family child care homes in Durham and surrounding counties. The CACFP is designed to improve the nutritional status of children in child care and support child care providers by reimbursing them for healthy meals served in child care settings.
The Early Years CACFP can be reached at foodprogram@earlyyearsnc.org.
The CACFP partially reimburses child care providers for meals they serve that meet nutritional guidelines at no cost to their families. Family child care homes access the CACFP through a sponsoring organization, such as Early Years. More information for families and child care providers can be found on the USDA website.
Joining the CACFP as a Family Child Care Home
It is important for a family child care home provider to find a sponsoring organization that is a good fit for them and their business. A sponsoring organization provides training, administrative support, and monitoring to child care providers. A full list of CACFP sponsors in North Carolina can be found on the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services website.
If you are interested in joining the Early Years CACFP program, please contact us at foodprogram@earlyyearsnc.org or call our office and ask for the Food Program. We will schedule a time to go over our program and the steps for joining the CACFP.
FAQs
- Receive financial reimbursement to help defray the cost of meals prepared and served to children in the child care program
- Receive free in-service training credit for programmatic and nutrition workshops
- Receive direct deposit of reimbursement in your bank account
- Unlimited consultation from qualified and dedicated staff
• Our CACFP is housed in our local Resource and Referral division, so we are well-versed with other programs and resources available to local providers
• Well-trained and dedicated staff
• Support for providers across the technological spectrum
• Automatic digital menu review with instant feedback
- Child care programs serving children ages birth-12 years of age
- Current license issued by the state of North Carolina
- Must have parents complete the required documentation for participation
- Must attend a two-hour initial training with a Food Program staff member
- Must serve meals and snacks that meet the USDA Guidelines for Meal Patterns
- Must keep daily, up to date records of children’s attendance and meals served
- Must submit a claim on a monthly basis to Early Years
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Equal Opportunity
In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866)632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; Fax: (202)690-7442; or Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
