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Child and Adult Care Food Program
The CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) provides cash reimbursement to child and adult day care providers for serving meals and snacks meeting USDA standards to participants enrolled in care. Visit the links below for more information about Click on the banner below to go to the National CACFP website.
The Child
Care Nutrition Resource System Information for Child Care Centers interested in the CACFPIn order for a Child Care Center (or Centers) to be eligible, it/they must be operated by a non-profit corporation that has tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service (Federal) and it/they also must have non-profit corporate status with the State of Maine, which is done through the Secretary of State's office. In addition, the Center(s) must also be licensed through the State. They are incorporated in the State of Maine and For-profit child care centers may also be eligible for the food program if at least 25% of the children they serve are eligible for free or reduced lunch. CACFP funds are received on a reimbursement basis and the amount determined via a monthly reimbursement claim form which lists the number of meals served as well as the number of children served in each of the following categories: Free, Reduced-Price or Paid. The organization receives a higher reimbursement rate for children whose households meet the income guidelines for Free, less for Reduced-Price and lesser for those in the Paid category. These organizations who run Centers must meet CACFP regulations in terms of required food components, minimum required amounts, meal counts, CACFP enrollments that are renewed annually, etc. They must also meet CACFP training, monitoring, non-discrimination, record-keeping, etc. requirements. If you operate a center and you are interested in the CACFP, contact the Child and Adult Care Food Program by calling (207)624-7924 or (207)624-7925. Information for Family Child Care Homes interested in the CACFPFamily Day Care Home providers must also be licensed by the State of Maine in order to be eligible for participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Home providers must also be sponsored by a non-profit organization and meet requirements for meal components, minimum required amounts, meal counts, enrollments, trainings, etc. Home providers are reimbursed through their sponsoring organization based on a "Tiering" system. Those eligible for Tier I rates based on household income, school data or census data receive a higher rate of reimbursement. In addition, those providers eligible for Tier I rates based on household income (which must be verified), may also claim their own children (12 years old and younger) if other day care children are present when the meal is served. Those providers who are not eligible for Tier I rates may elect to receive the lower reimbursement for all of the children in their care (Tier II Lower) or they may choose to receive a possible "combination" of higher Tier I and lower Tier II rates based on applications that are given to the parents of all of the children in their care (Tier II Mixed). Sponsors of Licensed and Legal Unlicensed Day Care Homes January 2009 In Androscoggin County, contact Androscoggin Head Start & Child Care, Catholic Charities of Maine, Community Concepts, Inc ., Family Focus, or Western Maine Community Action In Aroostook County, contact, Aroostook County Action Program or Horizons Unlimited In Cumberland County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Child Care Services of York County, Family Focus, Freeport Child Care Services, or Midcoast Maine Community Action In Franklin County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Western Maine Community Action In Hancock County, contact Child & Family Opportunities, Inc . , Waldo County CAP, or Washington Hancock Community Agency In Kennebec County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine or Southern Kennebec Child Development Corp. In Knox County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Southern Kennebec Child Development Corp. or Penquis In Lincoln County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Family Focus, Midcoast Maine Community Action, Penquis, or Southern Kennebec Child Development Corp. In Oxford County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine or Community Concepts, Inc. In Penobscot County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Child & Family Opportunities, Inc., or Penquis In Piscataquis County, contact Penquis In Sagadahoc County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Family Focus, Freeport Child Care Services or Midcoast Maine Community Action In Somerset County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Penquis, or Southern Kennebec Child Development Corp. In Waldo County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine, Child & Family Opportunities, Inc., Penquis, Southern Kennebec Child Development Corp. or Waldo County CAP In Washington County, contact Child & Family Opportunities, Inc. or Washington Hancock Community Agency In York County, contact Catholic Charities of Maine or Child Care Services of York County If your child care home is licensed and located on a military base, contact the Child Development Center at the Brunswick Naval Air Station or the Portsmouth Navel Shipyard. Androscoggin Head
Start & Child Care (serving Androscoggin County) Aroostook County Action
Program (serving Aroostook County) Catholic Charities
of Maine (serving Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot,
Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, & York) Child & Family Opportunities,
Inc. (serving Hancock, Penobscot, Waldo, & Washington
Counties) Child Care Services of York County
(serving Cumberland and York Counties) Community Concepts,
Inc. (serving Androscoggin & Oxford Counties) Family Focus (serving
Androscoggin, Cumberland, Lincoln, & Sagadahoc
Counties) Freeport Child Care Services
(serving Cumberland, & Sagadahoc Counties) Horizons Unlimited (serving
Aroostook County) Midcoast Maine Community Action (serving Cumberland, Lincoln, & Sagadahoc counties) PENQUIS (serving Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo, Knox, Somerset, & Lincoln Counties) Southern Kennebec Child
Development Corp. (serving Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Somerset, & Waldo
Counties) Waldo Community CAP (serving Waldo and Hancock Counties) Western Maine Community
Action (serving Franklin and Androscoggin Counties) Sponsors of Homes Licensed and Located on Military Bases MWR/CDP Child Development Center |
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