How to Promote Access to Good Nutrition in Child Care Settings

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) uses federal dollars to provide nutritious
food to children from low-income families who receive care in eligible child care centers,
including all Head Start centers, and family child care homes.1 CACFP also supports
afterschool programs and emergency shelters serving at-risk children and adolescents as
well as day care programs for disabled and older adults; however, a majority of the
program’s resources go toward child care settings, which are the focus of this brief.