Child Care Food Program
What is this program?
This is a program to assist in-home childcare providers with serving healthy, fulfilling meals to the children in their care. The program also educates and assists caregivers in meal planning and application for meal cost reimbursements through the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Who is Eligible?
- Adults who watch children from the ages of birth-13 in their own home
- Must be licensed by WVDHHR to provide Family Day Care in your home (we can help with this)
- Must agree to follow certain USDA nutritional guidelines.
USDA Healthy Meals Guidelines
- Plan, prepare, and serve meals and snacks that meet USDA nutrition guidelines.
- Keep daily written or computerized menus of meals and snacks served and children who participate.
- Have a minimum of 3 successful visits yearly with your food program monitor.
- Attend 3 hours of required CACFP training every year (provided free of charge).
- Keep registration on file active with your local DHHR day care representative.
Child Care Food Program
West Virginia is currently ranked third in the nations’s obesity epidemic. To combat the epidemic we must teach our children to live healthy lifestyles from birth. Providing healthy nutritious food is part of loving, nurturing and quality in-home child-care.
Catholic Charities West Virginia’s Child Care Food Program supports in-home child care providers’ choice to serve healthy meals and snacks to the children in their care, thus comforting and assuring parents that their child is receiving comprehensive nurturing care. The program educates and assists care givers in meal planning and application for meal reimbursements, and is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and administered by the West Virginia Department of Education. It is sponsored in all counties in West Virginia by different agencies and is designed to encourage healthy meal choices in homes where child care is occuring.
Child Care Food Program – Elkins Office
- Contact: Ms. Marcie Phillips
Child Care Food Program – Morgantown
- Contact: Ms. Marcie Phillips
- Contact: Mrs. Shelly Gainer
Child Care Food Program – Northern Region
- Director: Jane Rose
Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or - email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Civil Rights Mission
The Civil Rights Division (CRD) mission is to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies for FNS customers and employees regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) CRD also facilitates equal and timely access to FNS programs and services for all customers.
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