Michelle's Family Daycare

Meals

 I participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

CACFP is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered through the State Department of Education.

The Access Community Action Agency is one of the sponsoring organizations of the program in Connecticut.

To qualify for CACFP reimbursement a person needs only to be licensed by the State Department of Public Health to provide child care services in their home.

• Ensures that providers have the opportunity to consult with child-nutrition experts

• Teaches children and adults about the benefits of eating wholesome foods
  

• Offers cash partial reimbursements to providers for serving nutritious meals and snacks to the children in their child care center.
  

Reaching children while they're in a day care setting will help to instill in them to make good nutrition choices throughout their lives.

CACFP currently has 220 licensed home child care providers, serving approximately 1,600 children.

Meals were nutritionally superior when compared with programs that do no participate in the program

~US Dept of Agriculture's Evaluation of CACFP