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The
Child Care Choices Child Care Food Program can help you with meal
cost reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks.
The
Child Care Food Program is a U.S.D.A. program to help you provide
nutritious, balanced meals and snacks for health and growth in
children 12 and younger. You will be reimbursed for nutritious
meals you serve to your daycare children.
Through
the Child Care Choices Food Program, you will receive training,
ideas for meals, support with questions and concerns and the
opportunity to form friendships with others in the child care
business.
The
Child Care Choices Food Program is a part of the National School
Lunch Act which seeks to provide a healthy nutritional base for
all children regardless of income, race, national origin, gender,
age or disability.
There
are two ways to qualify to participate in CACFP.
If you are a Type B certified provider you are eligible to
participate. If you are not you may become Alternately Approved by
arranging a health and fire inspection of your home and a
background check (includes fingerprinting everyone over 18 years
old in your household).
Effective
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012, the standard rates for reimbursement
are:
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Tier
I rates
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Tier
II rates
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breakfast
$1.24
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breakfast
$0.45
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lunch
and supper $2.32
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lunch
and supper $1.40
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supplement
(snack) $0 .69
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supplement
(snack) $0.19
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If
you are on the federal food program, you may be reimbursed for
only one meal and two snacks or one snack and two meals each day.
Provider
reimbursements vary from $500 to $20 per month.
If you are interested, call CCC and a representative of Child Care
Choices will come to your home to show you the basic guidelines
for this U.S.D.A. program. Then, you just keep daily attendance
records and meal count records, along with your food menu. You are
also required to participate in certain training opportunities.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THIS PROGRAM,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL KATE JOHNSEN, LYNN RATLIFF OR KELLY
FLORA AT CHILD CARE CHOICES AT 937-667-1799 or
866-667-4799. We
serve Miami, Montgomery, Shelby, Clark and Darke counties.
PDF files to
download 
Child Enrollment Form
Income Eligibility Form for Parents
Income Eligibility Form for Providers
Weekend / Holiday Claim Form
Infant Enrollment - Parent Preference Form
CACFP Standards for Alternately Approved
Providers
Infant Menu Form
Sample - Infant Menu
Special Diet Form
Menu (this is an 8-1/2 x 14
sheet - legal sized) - revised Sept.
2009
Sample - Menu (this is as an
8-1/2 x 14 sheet - legal sized)
Fire
Inspection, Health Inspection,
Fingerprinting Info
Resources for Background Checks
CACFP Standards for Family Day Care
Providers - Residential Health Inspection
(2 pages)
Statement of Nonconviction for Type B
Homes and In-home Aides (2 pages)
For
more information, you may visit the IRS
website (http://www.irs.gov)
NOTE: See government
regulations as of August 2003
The Child and Adult Care Food Program is open to all eligible
children regardless of race, color, age, sex, handicap, or national origin. If you believe
you have been treated unfairly in receiving food services because of race, color, age,
sex, handicap, or national origin, write immediately to the Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250.
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