Child care is no easy job! Finding the time to prepare home-cooked meals for the children in your care can be challenging, and when you add in trying to figure out how to make those meals healthy, nutritious and on-budget, meal times can seem daunting.
The CDA Nutrition Program supports the child care community in serving healthy meals to children. In partnership with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) we have been supporting in-home child care providers since 1984.
The CDA Nutrition Program gives you training, menu recording software, recipes and a full-time nutritionist to support your new meal program. With simple record-keeping practices and a little bit of training, you can start getting paid to keep your children healthy.
Learn how to plan quick and easy menus that are healthy, delicious and cost-effective
Receive regular training and information on child development and nutrition
Get paid for the nutritious food you serve to children in your care.
Call us to start the enrollment process
Receive in-home training on serving healthy meals
Fill out paperwork and submit to CDA to enroll the children in your daycare
Follow guidelines to prepare and serve healthy food
Record all food served to each child and submit record to CDA
CDA delivers a reimbursement straight to your bank account
“I love the food program! CDA has always been there for me. What helps me with my time is to pre-set the menus & download the kidkare app. I have one child enrolled; eating healthy meals & snacks has prevented her from blood transfusions for 7 months! Thank you CDA…for working together to make this possible.”
– Nutrition Program Provider
It’s never been easier to save money on healthy food. If you are a licensed or TrustLine child care provider, this program is for you. There is no cost to participate. Call the CDA Nutrition Office at 800-698-9798 or join our reimbursement program by clicking the button below:
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Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Variable schedules are reimbursed for the actual care hours provided that are within the hours authorized. The reimbursement will not exceed the amount billed by the provider or the full-time (FT) or part-time (PT) RMRC listed on the certificate for child care services. CDA will not reimburse for child absences, provider holiday or closure days on a variable schedule. If the full billed/invoiced amount is not paid, the parent is responsible for the difference directly to the provider.
The number of reimbursable provider holidays and/or non-operation days is limited to a maximum of 10 days per fiscal year. Once these allowable limits are exceeded, reimbursement will be prorated for future closure days.
Fees for registration, material and/or insurance may be reimbursed if the current reimbursement amount does not exceed the Regional Market Rate Ceiling (RMRC). Reimbursement of these fees is limited to one (1) per child, per fiscal year and will be made in a single payment when requested on the child’s attendance record.
Note: For providers with programs that have multiple fees in one year or where it has been determined that the reimbursement amount exceeds the RMRC, the excess fees will be the responsibility of the parent.
When child care is authorized for a total of 25 or more hours per week the Full Time Weekly RMRC will be used. When child care is authorized for a total of less than 25 hours per week the Part Time RMRC will be used.
