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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is sponsored by Delaware Department of Education (USDA, federally-funded). The CACFP is a federally-funded program that provides reimbursement for nutritious meals served in childcare centers, adult day care centers, and family or group day care homes. It contributes to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children.
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Child and Adult Care Food Program – Delaware Department of Education Child and Adult Care Food Program Child and Adult Care Food Program ddoe_admin 2026-06-17T08:48:46-04:00 The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a USDA, federally-funded program administered by States that provides reimbursement for meals served in childcare centers, adult day care centers, and family or group day care homes.
The nutritious meals contribute to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children, and the health and wellness of older adults, including chronically impaired disabled persons. The CACFP can make a difference in the quality of your program!
Whether you are a provider in your home, at a day care center, in an afterschool care program, adult day care center, or in an emergency shelter, you will find many useful resources for serving nutritious meals and snacks. CACFP is regulated by the USDA and has specific program requirements. Please read this document carefully before deciding if becoming a CACFP Sponsor is right for you.
If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor, please complete this interest form , and a program representative will reach out to you about the next steps. If you would like to participate in CACFP but do not have the capability to be a Sponsor, please email CACFP@doe. k12.
de. us and a representative will assist you in connecting with a CACFP Sponsoring Organization.
CACFP Sponsoring Organizations Area Eligibility Map for CACFP How to Find School Feeder Patterns USDA CACFP Electronic Code of Federal Regulations USDA FNS Instruction 796-2 Rev 4 Special Diet Statement – Child and Adult Special Diet Statement – Infants Appeal Procedure and Process – New Sponsors Appeal Procedure and Process – Renewing and Participating Sponsors The operational memos are for the current fiscal year.
Operational memos for previous years have been archived.
CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #1 – Fiscal Year (FY) Administrative Review Schedule CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #2 – Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Financial Management Review Schedule CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #3 – Annual FAIN Notice CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #4 – Area Eligibility Percentage CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #5 – Updated USDA Procurement Thresholds CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #6 – Annual Audit Requirements CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #7 – Claim Deadlines and Forms CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #8 -Waiver to Allow Non-congregate Meal service Under Specific Circumstances CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #9 – Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030 – Eat Real Food CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #10 – Incorporating Local Beef in Child Nutrition Program Meals CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #11 – CACFP Week Proclamation CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #12 – Modifying the FNS Instruction 113-1: Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement – Nutrition Programs and Activities CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #13 – 2026 Appropriations Act: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #14 – Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2026-2027 CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #15 – Expanding Fluid Milk Options in Child and Adult Care Food Program CACFP 2026 Operational Memo #16 – FY27 Income Eligibility Forms CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #1 – Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Administrative Review Schedule CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #2 – Annual Civil rights Training CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #3 – Guidance for Accepting Processed Product Documents CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #4 – Milk and Milk Substitutes CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #5 – Grains Requirements in Child and Adult Care Food Program: Questions and Answers CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #6 – Feeding Infant and Meal Pattern Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Programs: Questions and Answers CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #7 – Requirement to Access Medical Statements from Registered Dieticians for Schools and Child and Adult Care Institutions and Facilities CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #8 – Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #9 – Area Eligibility Percentages – All Programs CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #10 – Annual Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN) Notice CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #11 – Center Monitoring Form CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #12 – Using Federal Funds to Purchase Local Foods CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #13 – Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions act, 2025: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #15 – FY26 Income Eligibility Forms CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #16 – Reporting Enrollment Data in Site Applications and Claims in CACFP CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #17 – FY26 Reapplication CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #18 – CACFP Reimbursement Rates for July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 CACFP 2025 Operational Memo #19 – FY26 CACFP Training Requirements CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #1 – FY24 Civil Rights Training CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #2 – Annual FAIN Notice CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #3 – Administrative Review Schedule CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #4 – Annual Audit Requirement CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #5 – National CACFP Week CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #6 – Area Eligibility Percentages for CACFP At Risk Sites and Home Tiers CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #7 – Income Eligibility Guidelines CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #8 – Geographic Preference Expansion Related to the Final Rule titled, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #9 – State Agency Financial Review Requirements CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #10 – CACFP Reimbursement Rates for Julu 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #11 – Institue of Child Nutrition CACFP Meal Pattern Training Registration CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #12 – FY25 CACFP Reapplication – REVISED CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #14 – FY25 Income Eligibility Forms CACFP 2024 Operational Memo #15 – CACFP Menu Templates & Instructions The adult day care component of the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides reimbursement for meals served to adults who are functionally impaired or over age 60.
The CACFP meals provide adults the nutrition they need as a routine part of their day care program. In order to participate, adult day care centers must enter into an agreement as an independent center or sponsored center, and serve wholesome and nutritious meals to the adults in their care. Meals served must meet minimum guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
For more information, please call the Delaware Department of Education’s Nutrition Programs Office at (302) 857-3356, or visit the USDA Adult Day Care Centers website. At-Risk Afterschool Program The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) At-Risk Afterschool program provides Federal reimbursement to Afterschool Programs that serve a nutritious meal or snack to children in low-income areas.
Organizations may participate either independently or through a sponsoring organization, and the Afterschool Program must: Be organized primarily to provide care for children after school or on weekends, holidays, or school vacations during the regular school year (NOT during the summer unless located in a school operating year-round); Provide organized, regularly scheduled activities in a structured and supervised environment; Include education or enrichment activities; and Be located in an eligible area.
For more information, please call the Delaware Department of Education’s Nutrition Programs Office at (302) 857-3356, or visit the CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Meals Program website. The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides Federal reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks served to infants and children as a regular part of their day care.
CACFP reimburses centers at free, reduced-price, or paid rates for eligible meals and snacks served to enrolled children, targeting benefits to those children most in need.
Enrolled participants in eligible day care centers can receive CACFP benefits if they are: Age 12 years and under; or Children of Migrant workers, age 15 and under; or Mentally/physically disabled persons, as defined by the State, at any age if the majority of enrollees are age 18 or under; or Children age 18 and under participating in approved temporary emergency shelters and at-risk afterschool programs.
A day care center day care must meet eligibility requirements to participate in the Program. For more information, please call the Delaware Department of Education’s Nutrition Programs Office at (302) 857-3356, or visit the USDA Child Care Centers website.
Public or private non-profit emergency shelters, which provide residential and food services to homeless children, may participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and serve up to three nutritious meals each day to children and youth, age 18 and under who reside at the shelter.
The children are automatically eligible for free meals and snacks, and the shelter must certify that each child served is a resident of the emergency shelter. An emergency shelter may also participate as an at-risk afterschool care center without regard to location. For more information, please call the Delaware Department of Education’s Nutrition Programs Office at (302) 857-3356, or visit the CACFP Emergency Shelters website.
Outside-School-Hours Program The Child and Adult Food Care Program (CACFP) Outside-School-Hours Program allows eligible child care institutions to participate as an independent institution, or under a sponsoring organization. Eligible institutions must provide care for school-age children outside regular school hours, such as: before school, after school, holidays and/or during school vacation periods.
Weekend only programs are not eligible.
The CACFP Outside-School-Hours-Care component requires: Children age 12 or under; Serve up to 2 meals and 1 snack per child; Child care institutions to provide regularly scheduled and organized child care services; Meets State and/or local child care licensing requirements, or local health and safety standards; Be distinct from any organized extracurricular programs for scholastic, cultural, or athletic purposes.
Program providers receive Federal reimbursement for the nutritious meals served based on the free, reduced-price, or paid rate for each meal or snack served to participating children, depending on each child’s individual income. For more information, please call the Delaware Department of Education’s Nutrition Programs Office at (302) 857-3356, or visit the USDA CACFP website.
Family Day Care Homes (FDCH) The USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Family Day Care Homes (FDCH) program provides reimbursement for meals and snacks served to small groups of children receiving nonresidential day care in private homes that are licensed, registered, or approved to provide family child care, generally 12 years of age or younger.
In order to participate, FDCHs must enter into an agreement with a sponsoring organization (“sponsor”). FDCH providers serve well-balanced, nutritious meals to the children in their care. Meals served must meet minimum guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
For more information, please call the Delaware Department of Education’s Nutrition Programs Office at (302) 857-3356, or visit the USDA CACFP Family Day Care Homes (FDCH) website.
Income Eligibility Forms (IEFs) CACFP Income Eligibility Form – Other Languages DE Prototype IEF FY25 – Spanish DE Prototype IEF Instructions FY25 DE Prototype IEF Instructions FY25 – Spanish Non-Pricing IEF Household Letter FY25 Non-Pricing IEF Household Letter FY25 – Spanish Pricing IEF Household Letter FY25 Pricing IEF Household Letter FY25 – Spanish CACFP Informal Procurement Quote Log CACFP and SFSP Invitation to Bid CACFP Vended Meals Contract Renewal CACFP Pre Program Sponsor Vendor Checklist The Green Book – Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government Additional resources and procurement information can be found on the Resources for all Child Nutrition Programs page .
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Childcare centers, adult day care centers, family or group day care homes, and afterschool care programs. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is funded by Delaware Department of Education (USDA, federally-funded). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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