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These practices serve as a guide for child care providers who choose to take additional steps to offer high-quality and nutritious meals in their program. Strategies are supported by evidence and have been shown to be effective.

The majority of CACFP participants are preschool-aged children. Eligibility is based either on the poverty status of the area or on the income of the enrolled children.

Who is eligible for CACFP meals? Children age 12 and under. Migrant children age 15 and younger. Youths through age 18 in the Area Eligible Snack Program and in emergency shelters. Functionally impaired children through age 18 in child care centers or day care homes.

Final answer: Reimbursement from the CACFP is for nutritional benefits and should go toward the food service operation like meals and snacks that meet specific nutritional criteria, not for special occasions like buying pizza and ice cream, or for purchasing non-food items such as playground equipment.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federal program that provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating child care centers, day care homes, and adult day care centers.

About the CACFP Branch Our mission is to provide equitable access to nutritious meals for infants, children, and adults in the community by supporting our CACFP Operators through policy guidance, nutrition education, and training.

Under the updated child and adult meal patterns, fruit juice or vegetable juice may only be used to meet the vegetable or fruit requirement at one meal or snack per day.

Centers, family child care homes, and afterschool care play a critical role in serving nutritious foods to those they serve. The CACFP guides you on how to provide healthy meals using five food components which make up the meal service requirements: grains, fruits, vegetables, meats/meat alternates and milk.