Child and Adult Care Food Program
Department Of Agriculture, Food And Nutrition Service
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federal program that provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating child care centers, day care homes, and adult day care centers. CACFP also provides reimbursements for meals served to children and youth participating in afterschool care programs, children residing in emergency shelters, and adults over the age of 60 or living with a disability and enrolled in
Jargon-free version
Helps day care centers and shelters provide healthy meals for children and older adults. It covers costs for nutritious food in these programs.
Quick Facts
Preview our US grants database — free Excel sample
Real Excel sample. Just your email.
You'll also get our weekly grants digest. Unsubscribe anytime.
Free Excel sample of the US Grants Database, contextually offered on the Child and Adult Care Food Program program page.
What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Chat with Grant experts
Browse our directory of vetted grant professionals who can help with your application.
Browse Partner Directory🏆 Detailed Application Guide
📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Identify eligibility requirements
- Complete application form
- Submit application to state agency
- Await approval notification
- Receive funding and implement program
- 🌐Application Portal
- http://fns.usda.gov/cacfp
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- OngoingApplication Open DateN/AApplication Close Date
- 🔄Intake Type
- rolling
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- 📎Optional Documents
- indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- 📥Templates Available
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support are recommended but not mandatory.
Still searching one grant at a time?
See this grant and hundreds more like this in the database instantly.
💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- nutritious meals and snacks in childcare centers
- meals for children in afterschool programs
- snacks for children in summer programs
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- non-nutritious foods
- alcoholic beverages
- non-food items
- 📏Expense Caps
- Administrative costs capped at 15%
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 25% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Yes, can combine with other federal funding.
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of matching funds required.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
How Do I Apply?
Know a grant consultant who should be listed here? Refer them.
More Programs Like This
Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening
Department Of Health And Human Services, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
The purpose of the program is to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among an applicant-defined target popu...
Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth
Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families
The Service Connection for Youth on the Streets, also referred to as the Street Outreach Program (SOP), makes funding av...
Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)
Department Of Health And Human Services, Health Resources And Services Administration
The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) seeks to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty nationwide by providing ...
FAQFrequently Asked Questions
Visit the program page for detailed eligibility requirements.
Contact the program administrator for funding details.
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
Choose your tier
One-time purchase, instant .xlsx download. USD.
Promo codes can be entered at checkout.
Basic
5 columns per program
Quick reference, simple lookups, sales prospecting
- Program title and CFDA number
- Issuing organization + URL
- Short program description
- 2,812 active US federal assistance listings
- .xlsx workbook (README + All Grants tabs)
Pro
24 columns per program
Grant consultants, nonprofit grant writers, proposal teams
- Everything in Basic, plus 23 more columns
- Funding range (min / max) and application deadline
- Eligibility: business sizes, industries, geographic restrictions
- Primary program contact (email, phone)
- Audience + activity tags for filtering (Nonprofits, Universities, etc.)
- Application intake type, submission method, matching required
- "For Nonprofits" tab — 1,500+ programs in one curated view
- Aggregation tabs: By Organization, By Theme, By Audience, Deadlines
Intelligence
49 columns per program
Data teams, AI builders, large grant operations, due-diligence research
- Everything in Pro, plus 25 more deep-extracted columns
- Long-form description + ideal-applicant summary + success tips
- Application steps, required documents, NOFO URLs, key dates
- Eligible / ineligible expenses, expense caps, payment model
- Matching ratios, eligible sources, stacking rules
- Reporting frequency, requirements, single-audit thresholds
- Plain-English 1-2 sentence rewrite of every program
- Contact Directory tab — outreach-ready contact list
A detailed invoice will be emailed to you after purchase. Use it for company reimbursement.