Report
How CACFP-Participating Home Child Care Providers Purchase, Prepare, and Serve Healthy Foods: A Qualitative Study. Report to Iowa Department of Education, Team Nutrition, Summer 2020
University of Iowa Public Policy Center
06/2020
DOI: 10.17077/rep.006611
Abstract
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federal program that reimburses child care providers for nutritious meals and snacks served by child care centers and home daycares. CACFP nutrition standards are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, scientific recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine, and input from stakeholders.Providers are paid meal reimbursements for meals that meet CACFP meal requirements. In order to qualify for reimbursement, providers must submit food production records and invoices to a CACFP contact showing the meals follow CACFP nutrition standards. Meal and snack reimbursement rates depend on provider location, according to current school or census information, and income. To participate in CACFP, providers must have a Department of Human Services registration or be a current Child Care Assistance home provider.The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how CACFP-participating home child care providers purchase, prepare, and serve foods. We also sought to identify facilitators and challenges to practices around incorporating healthy, CACFP creditable foods.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- How CACFP-Participating Home Child Care Providers Purchase, Prepare, and Serve Healthy Foods: A Qualitative Study. Report to Iowa Department of Education, Team Nutrition, Summer 2020
- Creators
- Helaina ThompsonNatoshia M AskelsonHailey Boudreau
- Resource Type
- Report
- DOI
- 10.17077/rep.006611
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Public Policy Center; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Number of pages
- 11 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2020 the authors
- Grant note
- This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2020
- Academic Unit
- Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984487055102771
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