Child & Adult Care Food Program

Counties We Serve Buena Vista Clay Dickinson Emmet O’Brien Osceola Palo Alto Pocahontas

Child & Adult Care Food Program USDA program Iowa Department of Education Sponsoring agency must be a public or private non-profit agency

Goal of CACFP Improve the diets of children by providing nutritious meals. Help children develop good eating habits that will last through the years

CACFP Provides meal reimbursement to child care centers, adult day care centers, emergency shelters and child development homes for serving nutritious meals/snacks.

CACFP Provider Requirements Registered with DHS Maintain Daily Menus, Meal Attendance and Daily Attendance Information Attend 2 hrs of training each FY Receive 3 in home reviews from CACFP staff

Breakfast Creditable Meals Milk Fruit, Vegetable or 100% Juice Bread or Bread Alternate

Snack Creditable Meals Serve 2 of 4 Milk A fruit, vegetable or juice A bread or bread alternate A meat or meat alternate

Creditable Meals Lunch or Supper Milk Meat or Meat Alternate Bread or Bread Alternate Combination of 2 fruits or vegetables

Reimbursement Rates Meal Tier 1 Tier 2 Breakfast $1.28 $0.47 Lunch/Supper $2.40 $1.45 Snacks $0.71 $0.19

Monthly Average Reimbursement Tier 1 Rate Bkfst, Lunch, Snack = $4.39 X 8 Children X 22 days per month = $773 per month Tier 2 Rate Bkfst, Lunch & Snack = $2.11 X 8 Children X 22 days per month = $371 per month or $4,452 per year

FY 12 Reimbursement TOTALS $349,412.21 98 Providers Buena Vista $48,944.96 13 Providers Clay $82,390.29 21 Providers Dickinson $29,940.52 10 Providers Emmet $49,926.38 17 Providers O’Brien $70,679.83 15 Providers Osceola $11,653.13 4 Providers Palo Alto $43,626.11 12 Providers Pocahontas $12,250.99 6 Providers TOTALS $349,412.21 98 Providers

What meals can be reimbursed? Reimbursed for 2 meals and 1 snack or 2 snacks and 1 meal or 3 snacks. Meals must contain creditable foods. Children are eligible until they reach the age of 13, migrant workers’ children through 15 yrs and disabled persons with documented disability.

Program Integrity A minimum of 2 unannounced reviews Monitor all meal types which includes breakfast through suppers Yearly enrollment forms completed and signed by parents Yearly household contacts through parent audits

Seriously Deficient If a provider is declared seriously deficient must offer a corrective action plan Provider can request an appeal with the DOE If a provider is terminated for cause, placed on the National Disqualified List for seven years or until the state agency reinstates them to the program.

Thank You! Contact Information Kim Hohensee CACFP Home Monitor 800-245-6151 ext. 113 Julie Schmitt 800-245-6151 ext. 135