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The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides federal funds to
nonresidential child and adult care facilities to serve nutritious meals and
snacks.
Eligible programs in Washington:
- Nonresidential licensed public or private nonprofit child care centers or family day care homes
- Head Start
- Early Childhood Educational Assistance Program (ECEAP)
- Outside-school-hours
- Certain homeless shelters
- At-risk centers
- Proprietary child care centers, if at least 25% of their enrollment or
licensed capacity, whichever is less are eligible for free or reduced-price meals
- Certain adult care centers that provide services to adults 60 years of age or older or chronically impaired disabled persons 18 years of age or older are also eligible
Eligible participants:
- Infants and children through the age of 12
- Children of migrant workers 15 years of age and under
- Children 18 and under who reside in emergency shelters
- Children 18 and under who attend an at-risk center after their school day
- Mentally or physically disabled persons as defined by the state
- Adults 60 years of age and older
Reimbursement rates:
- Child and adult care centers are based on family income eligibility.
- Homeless shelters and at-risk centers are reimbursed at the free rate.
- Reimbursement rates for family day care home providers are based on a two-tiered structure determined by economic need based on the location of the day care home, the income of the day care provider, or the income of an individual child’s household.
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