Child & Adult Care Food Program Counties We Serve Buena Vista - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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

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

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

FY 12 Reimbursement 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  Yearly enrollment unannounced forms completed and reviews signed by parents  Monitor all meal  Yearly household types which contacts through includes breakfast parent audits through suppers

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 CACFP Home Monitor 800-245-6151 ext. 135