Child and Adult Care Food Program

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The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) assures that nutritious meals and snacks are served to children and eligible adults enrolled in child care centers, family child care homes, after school programs, emergency shelters, and adult day care programs by providing reimbursement for meals that meet minimum nutritional standards.

CACFP requires that well-balanced meals are served and good eating habits are taught. The program also provides training and technical assistance on nutrition, food service operations, program management, nutrition education and recordkeeping.

CACFP is administered by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Links to Important Information

General Information

CACFP Reimbursement Rates
Effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

Breakfast Lunch/Supper Snack
Free $2.37 $4.73 $1.21
Reduced $2.07 $4.33 $0.60
Paid $0.39 $0.72 $0.11

The Meal Reimbursement Rates were increased 4.03% to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. In addition, the Meal Reimbursement Rates in the chart above include the Cash in Lieu (CIL) of USDA Foods of $0.30 for Lunch/Supper only.

Deadlines for Original Claims and Upward Revisions

Month Deadlines (60 Days from the end of the claim month)
October December 30
November January 29
December March 1
Leap Year February 29
January April 1
Leap Year February 29
February April 29
March May 30
April June 29
May July 30
June August 29
July September 29
August October 30
September November 29

Downward revisions can still be submitted past these deadlines

DHSS Receives Claim by: Projected Payment Date:
10th of the month 28th of the month
25th of the month 13th of the next month

Training

Public Notice

The Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Community Food and Nutrition Assistance is requesting that USDA approve the state requested waiver to allow participating CACFP At-Risk Afterschool sponsoring organizations the option to serve meals during the current school year in a non-congregate setting for up to 10 days during unanticipated school closures with no virtual learning in place. The school closure must be related to natural disasters, unscheduled major building repairs, court orders relating to school safety or other issues, labor-management disputes, or, when approved by CFNA, similar unanticipated causes. The non-congregate meals can only be claimed if served with prior written approval before implementation.

For more information regarding this requested waiver, email the Child and Adult Care Food Program at CACFP@health.mo.gov.

Public Notice

The Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Community Food and Nutrition Assistance, is requesting that USDA approve the state-requested waiver to allow the participating Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsoring organizations (SO) of family day care homes (FDCHs) in good standing the option to conduct one of the three annually required monitoring reviews offsite for FDCHs under certain circumstances during the program year 2025. This waiver is requested to take effect on January 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025.

For more information regarding this requested waiver, email the Child and Adult Care Food Program at CACFP@health.mo.gov.