Food Program. The State and the Union will explore opportunities for informal providers to participate in the USDA’s Child and Adult Food Program. The State will implement a process to set standards for informal providers to become certified to be eligible for participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. The State will seek approval for the standards for the informal providers from the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Food Program. It is the responsibility of the parent to provide a lunch for the child that includes (a) a meat or meat substitute, (b) a fruit or vegetable, and (c) a food item from the bread group to meet commonly recognized standards established by the USDA child care food program. Understanding that all children attend to the lunches of others and serve as peer models for one another, the parent/guardian will avoid sending foods with little or no nutritional value such as: potato chips, cupcakes, gooey sweets, and candy. It is the responsibility of the CDEC to provide milk for lunch. Further, the CDEC has the responsibility to provide parents with a monthly menu of morning and afternoon snacks and information about their child’s changing eating patterns in the CDEC.
Food Program. The Contractor will administer and operate the food program for all children. This will include breakfast and lunch as appropriate.
