• CACFP Meal Claiming Data Collection Pilot Project
• CACFP Paperwork Reduction Report - Febuary 2007
  A summary of the recommendations made in the examination of the feasibility of reducing paperwork resulting from regulations and recordkeeping requirements for State agencies, family child care homes,, child care centers, and sponsoring organizations participating in the CACFP.
• CACFP Assessment of Sponsor Tiering Determinations full report
  The full report of a program assessment developed and conducted to produce a national estimate of the share of CACFP FDCHs that are misclassified into the wrong reimbursement tier. (pdf)
• CACFP Assessment of Sponsor Tiering Determinations Summary
• ERS Studies
  The Economic Research Service (ERS) is a primary source of economic information and research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ERS conducts a research to inform public and private decision makers on both economic and policy issues involving food, farming, natural resources, and rural development. Congress mandated that ERS study the effects of the new tiered meal reimbursements for family child care homes participating in the CACFP. The results of this study are listed here.
  • Effects of CACFP Meal Reimbursement Tiering
  • Family Child Care Home Participation in the CACFP—Effects of Reimbursement Tiering
  • Family Child Care Homes and the CACFP: Participation After Reimbursement Tiering
  • Family Child Care Providers in the CACFP—Operational Effects of Reimbursement Tiering
  • Households with Children in CACFP Child Care Homes—Effects of Meal Reimbursement Tiering
• Improper Payments Information Act Program Assessment Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) requires that Federal agencies calculate the amount of erroneous payments in their programs. This PDF file is a snapshot picture of the webpage showing the results for the CACFP study which can be viewed at www.ExpectMore.gov.

 

Child Nutrition Legislation

• Legislative History
  Overview traces significant changes in CACFP, from 1968 through 2004. 
• National School Lunch Act (11/04/2005)
  Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act authorizes the Child and Adult Care Food Program. This link takes you the most current version of the Act, dated November 10, 2005. 
• Child Nutrition Act (10./04/2005)
  The Child Nutrition Act authorizes the use of State Administrative Expense funding and makes other changes to the Child and Adult Care Food Program. This link takes you the most current version of the Act, dated October 4, 2005. 
• Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Public Law 108-265
  This Act made several changes to the Child Nutrition Program as well as WIC. Provisions within the Act made changes to the Child and Adult Care Food Program. This version of the Act is dated June 30, 2004. 
• Public Law 106-224
  Letter explains provisions of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, signed into law on June 20, 2000. 
• Public Law 105-336
  Memorandum implements amendments made by the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998, enacted on October 31, 1998.