Contact Information
Through the Massachusetts Department of Education, USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides nutritious meals and snacks to nearly 5,500 adults who receive care in over 100 nonresidential adult day care centers.
CACFP is authorized at section 17 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766). Program regulations are issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under 7 CFR part 226. (http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Care/CACFP/aboutcacfp.htm)
Public or private nonprofit adult day care facilities which provide structured, comprehensive services to nonresidential adults who are functionally impaired, or aged 60 and older, may participate in CACFP as independent or sponsored centers. For-profit centers may be eligible for CACFP if at least 25 percent of their participants receive benefits under title XIX or title XX. Meals served to adults receiving care are reimbursed at rates based upon a participant’s eligibility for free, reduced price, or paid meals.
For more information, please contact:
Anne Marie McDonald or
Mary Anne Gilbert
Nutrition, Health and Safety
Massachusetts Department of Education
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148-5023
phone: 781-338-6499
fax: 781-338-3399
email: nutrition@doe.mass.edu
