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Child and Adult Care Food Program
Because good nutrition is especially crucial while a young child's brain is developing, the Campaign is helping child care providers access the federally funded Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). This program provides child care centers, home-based child care, and afterschool programs with nutrition education and reimbursements.
Vermont currently ranks 49th among the states for center participation. Our goal is to increase access to this program and provide healthy meals to approximately 14,000 children in child care across the state.
In 2003, 2,232 children in child care received nutritious meals through CACFP. Today, participation has increased 62% - over 3,600 children now benefit from CACFP.
Which programs can participate?
To be eligible to participate in CACFP, a center must be registered or licensed by the Department for Children and Families, and be either:
- a public or private non-profit organization;
- or a for-profit center that receives child care subsidies for at least 25% of its enrolled children or its licensed capacity (whichever is less); or where at least 25% of the children in care are eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Who is eligible?
- Children age 12 and under, including infants
- In “at-risk” afterschool programs, school-age children through age 18
- Migrant children age 15 and younger
Child Care Nutrition Resources
For more information, email Mitzi Johnson at
, Nutrition Program Outreach & Policy Specialist.
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